List of Azerbaijani flags
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This is a list of flags used in Azerbaijan, both today and in the past.
National flag
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File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | 2013–present | Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan | Horizontal tricolour of bright blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and a centred eight-pointed star Proportion 1:2{{cite web |title=Azərbaycan dövlət rəmzləri |url=https://meclis.gov.az/news-az.php?id=2&lang=az |website=National Assembly |access-date=6 May 2022 |language=az}} |
Governmental flags
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File:Standard of the President of Azerbaijan.svg | 1992–present | Presidential standard | National tricolour with the coat of arms in the center |
File:Standard of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.svg | 2004–present | Presidential standard (at sea) | Naval ensign with national tricolour and the coat of arms in the center |
[[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]]
=Azerbaijani Land Forces=
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File:Flag of Azerbaijani Land Forces.svg | Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces |
= [[Azerbaijani Navy]] =
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File:Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | rowspan="11" | 1991 | Ensign of the Azerbaijani Navy | As Azerbaijan was formerly a Soviet republic, the naval ensign of Azerbaijan closely mimics the old Soviet equivalent; a star and crescent replaces the red star, a blue anchor replaces the hammer and sickle, and what used to be a simple light blue bar at the bottom of the flag has been replaced by a wavy sort of pattern. |
File:Flag of the Commander in Chief of Azerbaijan Naval Staff.jpg | Flag of the commander in chief of Azerbaijan Naval Staff | ||
File:Flag of the Commander in Chief of the Azerbaijani Navy.jpg | Flag of the commander in chief of the Azerbaijani Navy | ||
File:Flag of the Commander of a Group of Azerbaijan Navy.jpg | Flag of the commander of a group of Azerbaijan Navy | ||
File:Coast Guard Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | The flag of the Azerbaijani Coast Guard | A green flag with the flag of the Navy in the canton. | |
File:Flag of the President of Azerbaijan on board of a ship of the State Border Service.svg | Flag of the president of Azerbaijan while on board a ship of the State Border Service | ||
File:Flag of the Chief of the Azerbaijan State Border Service - Commander of Border Troops.svg | Flag of the chief of the State Border Service - Commander of Border Troops | ||
File:Flag of the Chief of General Staff of the Border Troops of the Azerbaijan State Border Service.svg | Flag of the chief of general staff of the Border Troops | ||
File:Flag of the Commander of Group of Vessels of the Azerbaijan State Border Service.svg | Flag of the commander of a group of vessels | ||
File:Command Pennant of the Azerbaijan Border patrol vessels.svg | Command pennant of Border Patrol vessels | ||
File:Masthead Pennant of the Azerbaijan Border patrol vessels.svg | Masthead pennant of Border Patrol vessels |
=Azerbaijani Air Force=
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File:AzAF Flag of Azerbaijan.png | 1991 | Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force |
=Border Service of Azerbaijan=
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File:Azerbaijan Border Guards Standard (Reverse).svg | 1991 | Flag of the Border Troops (reverse). Note: The obverse of the flag is similar to the national flag | |
File:Flag of the Border Regiments (Reverse).svg | 1991 | Flag of the Border Regiments (reverse). Note: The obverse of the flag is similar to the national flag | |
File:Flag of the Border Units (State Border Service of Azerbaijan) (Reverse).svg | 1991 | Flag of the Border Units (reverse). Note: The obverse of the flag is similar to the national flag |
= Internal Troops of Azerbaijan =
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File:Azerbaijan Internal Troops flag.png | Flag of the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan | ||
File:Azerbaijan "Vashaq" Special Forces flag.png | Flag of the Vashag |
Political flags
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File:Emblem of Azerbaijan Democratic Reforms Party.svg | 2005–present | Democratic Reforms Party |
Ethnic groups flags
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File:Flag of the Afshar Tribe.svg | Flag of Afshar people | ||
File:Flag of the Avars (Variant 2).svg | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | Flags of Avars | |
File:Avar flag (ethnic).svg
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File:Lezgian flag.svg | Flag of Lezgins | ||
File:Flag of Talysh.svg | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | Flags of Talysh people | |
File:Flag of the Talysh-Mughan Republic.svg
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File:Flag of the South West Caucasian Republic.svg
| |Flag of Karapapakhs |
Historical flags
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File:Aqqoyunluflag.png
|1452-1478 |Standard of Uzun Hasan |Uzun Hasan's standard, sultan of Aq Qoyunlu from 1452 until 1478 | |||
File:Banner of Safavid Qezelbash Special Forces.jpg
|1576–1666 |Banner of the Safavid Qizilbash |Features the Lion and Sun emblem on white | |||
File:Safavid Flag.svg | 1501–1524 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty | The Lion and Sun symbol on a green background. |
File:Flag of Shah Tahmasp I.svg | 1524–1576 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty during Shah Tahmasp's reign{{Cite web |title=Persia (Iran) from XVI to XVIIIth century |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ir_per16.html#xvi |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=www.fotw.info}}
|The reason he had placed a sheep on the official flag was that he was born during the month of Aries. | |
File:Safavid_Flag.svg | 1576–1732 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty | After Shah Tahmasp's death, the old flag was reinstated. |
File:Afsharid_Imperial_Standard_(3_Stripes).svg | 1747–1796 | Standard of the Afsharid dynasty | Three-striped version |
File:Afsharid Imperial Standard (4 Stripes).svg | 1747–1796 | Standard of the Afsharid dynasty | Four-striped version |
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan Khanate.svg | 1747–1828 | Banner of Nakhichevan Khanate | |
File:Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship.svg | 1918 | Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship | Three horizontal stripes, the upper and lower stripes of light blue colour and the middle stripe red. |
File:Flag of Musavat Party.svg | 1917 | Flag of the Musavat Party of Turkic Federalists | |
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918).svg | 1918 | Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic | Source for the design of the current flag |
File:Flag of the Republic of Aras.svg | 1918–1919 | Flag of Republic of Aras | |
File:Baku sovnarkom.png | 1918 | Flag of the Baku Commune | Bears the text Бакинскiй Совнаркомь (Bakinskiy Sovnarkom) |
File:Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg | 1918–1920 | Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic | Similar to the current flag |
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920).svg | 1920 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Azerbaijansovietrep1920-1921.svg | 1920–1921 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic | |
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1922).svg | 1921–1922 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic | |
File:Flag of Azerbaijan 1922 (2).svg | 1922–1924 | rowspan="2" | Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic (TSFSR) | Flag of the AzSSR within the TSFSR from 1922 to 1924 |
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1924-1927).svg | 1924–1927 | Flag of the AzSSR within the TSFSR from 1924 to 1927 | |
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1927-1931).svg | 1927–1931 | rowspan="2" | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (TSFSR) | Flag of the AzSSR within the TSFSR from 1927 to 1931 |
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1931-1937).svg | 1931–1937 | Flag of the AzSSR within the TSFSR from 1931 to 1937 | |
File:Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR (1925-1936).svg | 1930s–1936 | Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic | Later flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic |
File:Flag AzSSR.svg | 1937–1940 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Flag АзССР.svg | 1940–1952 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.svg | rowspan="2" | 1952–1991 | Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | Last flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991, reverse).svg | {{IFIS|twosided}} Reverse flag | All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. | |
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1921–1925).svg | 1921–1925 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1937–1939).svg | 1937–1939 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | One version of the flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Later versions bore the text "Нахчыван МССР" (Naxçıvan MSSR, meaning Nakhichevan ASSR), placed on the flag of the Azerbaijan SSR of the time, without the Armenian name. |
File:Нахичеванская АССР (1939-1940).svg | 1939–1940 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1940–1945).svg | 1940–1945 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1945–1953).svg | 1945–1953 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1956–1978).svg | 1956–1978 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
File:Flag of Nakhichevan ASSR.svg | 1978–1990 | Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | Last flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
File:Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg
|1991–2013 |Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan from 1991–2013 |Similar to the flag of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic and the current flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan | |||
File:Flag of Talysh.svg | 1993 | Flag of Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic |
Azerbaijanis in other countries
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File:Flag of Iraqi Turkmans.svg | Flag of Iraqi Turkmen | ||
File:Flag of South Azerbaijan.svg | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | Flags of Iranian Azerbaijanis | |
File:Flag of the South Azerbaijan Independence Party.svg
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