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Three Persian flags are included in A Chart of National Flags (1858)
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![[Persian standard in 1858 flag chart]](../images/i/ir_1858.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 September 2008
Rectangular ~2:3 flag with eleven unequal symmetrical horizontal stripes of
red, white, red, green, red, and white (approx. 1+2+1+2+1+2+1+2+1+2+1), the
white stripes charged each with three yellow crescents pointing toward the fly.
Not unlike the "Persian flag" shown on a
Japanese flag plate dated 1876.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 September 2008
![[Shah of Persia in 1858 flag chart]](../images/i/ir_1858x.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 September 2008
Rectangular ~4:7 flag with five unequal symmetrical horizontal stripes of
blue, yellow, and green (approx. 3+2+3+2+3), with deep triangular cut-out but
with green, central stripe protruding to the middle of the cut-out as a lobed
langue; on the green stripe, a yellow scimitar pointing to the flag and on
the fly a six-petal florette between two crescents, pointing inwards, all
yellow; on each of the yellow stripes two yellow couped stubby ("Swiss")
crosses; and on each of the blue stripes three florettes alternating with two
crescents pointing flywards, all yellow (I kept the black "holding lines"ť
from the original since there would be no way to present the yellow crosses
on yellow).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 September 2008
If the artist made this up/made a mistake the
Beylical flag of Tunis could have been the
model/the original.
Jan Mertens, 5 September 2008
![[Persian standard in 1858 flag chart]](../images/i/ir_1858s.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 September 2008
White rectangular ~2:3 flag with three small lions passant, in solid black
contour and placed two above one, the whole slightly offset to the hoist.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 September 2008