List of Moroccan flags

List of Moroccan flags This is a list of flags used in Morocco. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Morocco.

National flags

Flag Date Use Description
1915–Present Flag of Morocco A red field with a green pentagram, the five-pointed "Seal of Solomon".[1]
1915–Present Civil Ensign A red field with the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star and a yellow one-starred crown in the canton corner.
1915–Present Naval Ensign A red field with the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star and a yellow one-starred crown in each corner.
1915–Present Naval Jack A red swallowtailed field with yellow border and the green yellow-bordered pentagram, a five-pointed linear star.
1915–Present Royal Flag A red field with the green yellow-bordered pentagram, a five-pointed linear star.

Royal Standard

Flag Date Use Description
1915–Present Royal Standard A Green Field with the coat of arms in the center.

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
1956–Present Armed Forces A red field with yellow border, the green yellow-bordered pentagram, a five-pointed linear star and an Arabic script written in gold in three corners.
1956–Present Ground Force A red field with yellow border with the army's emblem in the center.
1960–Present Naval Force A light blue field with yellow border with the navy's emblem in the center.
1956–Present Air Force A blue field with yellow border with the air force's emblem in the center.
1957–Present Gendarmerie A black field with yellow border with the gendarmerie's emblem in the center.
1956–Present Royal Guard A green field with the yellow pentagram, a five-pointed linear star and smaller stars in each corner.

Historical flags

'Alam al-Mansûr

Flag Date Use Description
Possible appearance of the al-'alam al-mansûr used by the Almohads during the Battle of Alarcos against the Castillians as described by Ibn Abi Zar A white field with the text "There is no deity but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, there is no victor except Allah"
Alternate appearance of the al-'alam al-mansûr used by the Almohads A white field with the text "The One is Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, the Mahdi is the Caliph of Allah" with the other side saying "There is no deity but Allah, and my success is only with Allah, and I entrust my affairs to Allah"
Possible appearance of the al-'alam al-mansûr used by the Marinids A white field with text from verse 2:163 of the Quran "And your god is one God. There is no deity but Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful."
Possible appearance of the al-liwa' al-mansûr used by the Saadis as described by al-Fishtali A white field with text from verse 33:33 of the Quran "Allah only wishes to remove filth from you, O Ahl al-Bayt, and to purify you completely."

French Morocco

Flag Date Use Description
1915-1919 Merchant flag of Morocco under the French protectorate A red field with the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star.
1915-1940

1945-1956

Merchant flag of Morocco under the French protectorate A red field with the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star with the French tricolour in the canton.
1940-1945 Merchant flag of Morocco under the Vichy French and free France rule A red field with the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star.

Spanish Morocco

Flag Date Use Description
1912-1937 Merchant flag of Morocco under the Spanish protectorate A simple red field.
1937-1956 Merchant flag of Morocco under the Spanish protectorate A red field with a green field with the white pentagram, a five-pointed linear star in the canton.

Republic of the Rif

Flag Date Use Description
1921–1926 Flag of The Republic of The Rif A red field centered with a white diamond and a green crescent moon and a six-pointed star inside the diamond.

Tangier International Zone

Flag Date Use Description
1924–1940
1945–1956		 Flag of International Tangier A red field with the emblem of Tangier on the hoist side and the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star on the fly side.

Regional flags

Flag Date Use Description
?-Present Flag of Sidi Bennour Province
1976-1997 Flag of Agadir Prefecture (1976–1997)
1976-1997 Flag of Al Hoceïma Province (1976–1997)
?-Present Flag of Marrakesh Province
1976-1997 Flag of Azilal Province (1976–1997)
?-Present Flag of Tan Tan Province
1976-1997 Flag of Dakhla Province (1976–1997)

References

  1. ^ Complete Flags of the World (5th ed.). DK. 2009. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7566-4115-3.
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