`Ali Dinar's flag (as described by Atterbury according to his wife, the donor).
Natural cotton textile covered with black cotton textile on which are appliqued white and red characters. 4 lines of Arabic script -
Oh Living, oh Compassionate, oh God
Oh Eternal master of honour, of pomp
There is no god but God,
Muhammad is the Prophet of God
Good news and success for victory for believers
At the end of each line is a balancing invocation -
Abu Bakr - `Umar
Hamza - al-`Abbas
al-Hasan - al-Husayn
`Ali - Muhammad `Uthman [al-Mirghani?]
Possibly a flag of the Khatmiyyah (Mirghanniyah)
tariqah sent as a gift from al-Sayyid `Ali al-Mirghani to Sultan `Ali Dinar b. Zakariya
Size: 231 x 134 cm
Language:
Arabic
Digitised material for SAD.4/3 - Ali Dinar's flag