Banner o Tunisie

The naitional banner o Tunisie (Arabic: علم تونس‎) is predominantly reid an consists o a white circle in the middle containin a reid crescent aroond a five-pointit star. The Bey o Tunis Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud decidit tae creaut the banner efter the Battle o Navarino on 20 October 1827, an it wis adoptit in 1831 or 1835. It remained the kintra's offeecial banner durin its time as a French protectorate, an wis confirmed as the naitional banner o the Republic o Tunisie wi the signin o the Constitution o Tunisie on 1 Juin 1959. It wis no till 30 Juin 1999 that its proportions an design wur clearly specified in law.

Staundart o the Preses o Tunisie

The crescent an star recaws the Ottoman banner an is therefore an indication o Tunisie's history as a pairt o the Ottoman Empire.

Seembolism

For the Tunisian embassy in Fraunce, the colour reid represents the bluid o martyrs killed durin the Turkish conquest o Tunisie in 1574.. Housomeivver, it is a weel kent historical fact that the Tunisan invitit the Turkish tae libirate them frae the Spainyie invaders an frae wha is left o the Hafside dynasity. Therefore, the interpretation o the Tunisian embassy is far frae reality. Anither interpretation is that the "red Beylical banner spread licht throughoot the Muslim warld". The white seembolizes peace, while the crescent an five-pointit star represent unity o aw Muslims an the Five Pillars o Islam, respectively.

Accordin tae Ludvík Mucha, author o Webster's Concise Encyclopedia of Flags & Coats of Arms, the white circle locatit in the centre o the banner represents the sun. The reid crescent an the five-pointit star, twa auncient seembols o Islam, wur maist notably uised on the Ottoman banner an hae syne appeared on mony banners o Islamic kintras. The crescent is, frae the viewpoint o an Arabic observer, supposed tae bring guid luck. The colour reid is a seembol o resistance against Turkish supremacy. Whitney Smith states that the crescent wis first emblazoned on staundarts an buildins in the Punic state o Carthage, locatit in present-day Tunisie. Syne appearin on the Ottoman banner, thay wur widely adoptit bi Muslim kintras, an hae acome kent as seembols o Islam, when in fact, thay mey be cultural seembols.