Almoravid flag

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Hi
This is the last flag that needs correcting on my mod, except I can't find it anywhere http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif Any of you guys got a pic? It'd be greatly appreciated. Cheers. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif

[Norseman]

I have read somewhere, I think it was in a Osprey MAA book, that the Almoravids fought with a purely white banner in battle, sometimes with some black arabic text on it. Don't know about any picture of it though, or if this was the same as their flag.

[SwordsMaster]

I seem to remember that its white with some arabic text in red,but im not too sure...

[Russian Threat]

I hate to sound like an historically ignorant doofus, but who were the Almorivads? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[son of spam]

A Berber Muslim dynasty in north Africa and southern Sapin. Conquered in the mid 12 th century (IIRC) by the Almohads. So I guess BKoB wants to have the Almoravids start in 1087 instead of the Almos.

[Russian Threat]

Thanks Son of Spam http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

Good luck with the mod, Blind King. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[Eastside Character]

Hello BKB,

A little quote about the flag here:


Quote[/b] ]White flag (9th to 17th cent.)
The use of the flag in Morocco as a symbol of the state dates way back to the Almoravide dynasty (1062-1125 AD). Prior to this time, white silk banners were often carried in battle, sometimes with Koranic inscriptions written on them. The Almoravides institutionalized this practice. They gave one banner to every unit of 100 soldiers; the leaders always carried one inscribed: «There is no god but god, and Mohammad is His Prophet». The two following dynasties (the Merinides and the Saadiens) continued the use of the White flag as the symbol of the State.



That was no doubt the white Ummayad banner.

Here's a link to site about muslim flags (http://www.fotw.net/flags/islam.html#qur).

Here's (http://www.ashura.com/thm_part19.html) how such white banner would look like. I have also other links to it, as this flag will be used in a little mod of mine...

Regards,
EC

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Quote[/b] ]Here's how such white banner would look like. I have also other links to it, as this flag will be used in a little mod of mine...

Is there any chance you could provide these EC? Only as you know the shields are far too small to get all that text on and I need better pics. Cheers if that's possible.

[Kekvit Irae]

Quote[/b] (Russian Threat @ Mar. 23 2004,16:17)]I hate to sound like an historically ignorant doofus, but who were the Almorivads? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/suttonlink/almoravid.gif

EDIT: Couldnt find any flags, by the way, BKB

EDIT2: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/suttonlink/afr_maps.html