Poll for Flag Challenge 209

[EmperorBuaya]

Design a flag for any classical and medieval empire under Islamic rule or Muslim rulers.

POD is anytime.
It can be a ‘modern’ recreation.
However, the flags shall not be identical to OTL flags.

The Turkish Arabian Empire

Although possible dual empires between Greeks and Turks has been proposed for multiple times by Turks and Hellenes alike, the difference in religion and collective memory has been proven too great to be bridged by a shared culture. On the other hand, the Arabs, no matter how mistreated by the Sultans, at least shared a common religion with the Turks. So, without the aggressive assimilation policies by the CUP (young Turk) leadership, as well as disastrous participation in the WWI, would a dual empire of the Turks and Arabs, in the fashion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, be possible?

Let's say the Young Turk coup of 1908 was thwarted, and Abdulhamid controlled the empire until his demise in 1918, keeping the Ottomans out of the war. His successor faced an Arab political movement in a bid for greater autonomy, so he gave quarter to the Arabs, by marrying a Hashemite princess, as well as incorporating the colours of the previous caliphates (built by Arabs) into the new Ottoman Dual Monarchy flag.

The Dual Monarchy was bicameral, with an Arab as well as a Turkish chambers, the former included Berbers and Assyrians, etc, while the later also fielded Kurdish, Greek and Armenian delegates.

The Empire claimed heritage, as shown on the flag, of the medieval Caliphates of Islam . (The black was the Abbasid dynastic color; white was the Umayyad dynastic color; green was the Fatimid dynastic color)

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The Salghurid Dynasty Empire
Following the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Salghurid dynasty brought together several people living in precarious situations in the Sassanid empire and armed a false assassination to start a civil war. With the support of the population, the Salghurid dynasty was able to contain the attacks of the sassanide empire and break with its line of defense, making an invasion into the center of the empire. After three and a half years of fighting, an agreement made in Buraydah caused the Sassanid empire to lose more than three-fifths of its territory. The Salghurid Dynasty established an empire and called it the Salghurid Dynasty Empire.View attachment 484495 View attachment 484495