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.svg2013–presentFlag of the Republic of AzerbaijanHorizontal tricolour of bright blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and a centred eight-pointed star
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Governmental flags

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File:Standard of the President of Azerbaijan.svg1992–presentPresidential standardNational tricolour with the coat of arms in the center
File:Standard of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.svg2004–presentPresidential 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.svgFlag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces

= [[Azerbaijani Navy]] =

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File:Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svgrowspan="11" | 1991Ensign of the Azerbaijani NavyAs 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a blue anchor replaces the hammer and sickle, and what used to be a simple light blue bar at the bottom of the flag has been replaced by a wavy sort of pattern.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.jpgFlag of the commander in chief of Azerbaijan Naval Staff
File:Flag of the Commander in Chief of the Azerbaijani Navy.jpgFlag of the commander in chief of the Azerbaijani Navy
File:Flag of the Commander of a Group of Azerbaijan Navy.jpgFlag of the commander of a group of Azerbaijan Navy
File:Coast Guard Flag of Azerbaijan.svgThe flag of the Azerbaijani Coast GuardA 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.svgFlag 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.svgFlag 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.svgFlag 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.svgFlag of the commander of a group of vessels
File:Command Pennant of the Azerbaijan Border patrol vessels.svgCommand pennant of Border Patrol vessels
File:Masthead Pennant of the Azerbaijan Border patrol vessels.svgMasthead pennant of Border Patrol vessels

=Azerbaijani Air Force=

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File:AzAF Flag of Azerbaijan.png1991Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force

=Border Service of Azerbaijan=

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File:Azerbaijan Border Guards Standard (Reverse).svg1991Flag of the Border Troops (reverse). Note: The obverse of the flag is similar to the national flag
File:Flag of the Border Regiments (Reverse).svg1991Flag 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).svg1991Flag 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.pngFlag of the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan
File:Azerbaijan "Vashaq" Special Forces flag.pngFlag of the Vashag

Political flags

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! Flag of Tatev width="110"|Flag!!width="100"|Date!!width="250"|Description

File:Emblem of Azerbaijan Democratic Reforms Party.svg2005–presentDemocratic Reforms Party

Ethnic groups flags

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File:Flag of the Afshar Tribe.svgFlag of Afshar people
File:Flag of the Avars (Variant 2).svgrowspan="2" |rowspan="2" | Flags of Avars
File:Avar flag (ethnic).svg

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File:Lezgian flag.svgFlag of Lezgins
File:Flag of Talysh.svgrowspan="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

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|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.svg1501–1524Flag of the Safavid dynastyThe Lion and Sun symbol on a green background.
File:Flag of Shah Tahmasp I.svg1524–1576Flag 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.svg1576–1732Flag of the Safavid dynastyAfter Shah Tahmasp's death, the old flag was reinstated.
File:Afsharid_Imperial_Standard_(3_Stripes).svg1747–1796Standard of the Afsharid dynastyThree-striped version
File:Afsharid Imperial Standard (4 Stripes).svg1747–1796Standard of the Afsharid dynastyFour-striped version
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan Khanate.svg1747–1828Banner of Nakhichevan Khanate
File:Flag of the Centrocaspian Dictatorship.svg1918Flag 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.svg1917Flag of the Musavat Party of Turkic Federalists
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918).svg1918Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicSource for the design of the current flag
File:Flag of the Republic of Aras.svg1918–1919Flag of Republic of Aras
File:Baku sovnarkom.png1918Flag of the
Baku Commune
Bears the text Бакинскiй Совнаркомь (Bakinskiy Sovnarkom)
File:Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg1918–1920Flag of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicSimilar to the current flag
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920).svg1920Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Azerbaijansovietrep1920-1921.svg1920–1921Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1922).svg1921–1922Flag of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic
File:Flag of Azerbaijan 1922 (2).svg1922–1924rowspan="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).svg1924–1927Flag of the AzSSR within the TSFSR from 1924 to 1927
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1927-1931).svg1927–1931rowspan="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).svg1931–1937Flag of the AzSSR within the TSFSR from 1931 to 1937
File:Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR (1925-1936).svg1930s–1936Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicLater flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
File:Flag AzSSR.svg1937–1940Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag АзССР.svg1940–1952Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.svgrowspan="2" | 1952–1991Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist RepublicLast flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991, reverse).svg{{IFIS|twosided}} Reverse flagAll 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).svg1921–1925Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1937–1939).svg1937–1939Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicOne 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).svg1939–1940Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1940–1945).svg1940–1945Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1945–1953).svg1945–1953Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag of the Nakhichevan ASSR (1956–1978).svg1956–1978Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
File:Flag of Nakhichevan ASSR.svg1978–1990Flag of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicLast 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.svg1993Flag of Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic

Azerbaijanis in other countries

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File:Flag of Iraqi Turkmans.svgFlag of Iraqi Turkmen
File:Flag of South Azerbaijan.svgrowspan="2" |rowspan="2" | Flags of Iranian Azerbaijanis
File:Flag of the South Azerbaijan Independence Party.svg

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