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Ivan Sache, 26 April 2002
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In his book "Les drapeaux de l'Islam" by Pierre Lux-Wurm (2001),
[lux01] describes the flag of the Sultanate of Tadjoura (Tagorri).
The Sultanate of Tadjoura was located on the African coast along the Red Sea. As
early as the XIIth century, the chronicles mentioned four small Sultanates which
controlled the caravan traffic with Ethiopia. Tadjoura was one of them. The
Sultan of Tadjoura was called "Dardar". His power was represented by two "sacred
drums", which were buried for one year after the Sultan's death. The Dardar of
Tadjoura accepted a British Protectorate in 1840 and the Musha Island, in the
Gulf of Tadjoura, was given to the United Kingdom. In 1862, an envoy of the Dardar signed in Paris a treaty allowing the French vessels to moor in the port
of Tadjoura. Tadjoura became an important port of call for the vessels sailing
to Madagascar and Indochina, which were not allowed to moor in
Aden following
British colonization in 1839. The Sultanate was later incorporated into the Republic of Djibouti.
The flag was a 1:2 plain red flag.
Ivan Sache, 26 April 2002
Dorling-Kindersley (1997) [rya97] explains the red
colour of this flag as being associated with the Red Sea. However, red
flags were used by Muslim countries throughout North Africa and Arabia, not only
(and absolutely independent to) those used in Oman and Zanzibar.
Santiago Dotor, 07 Feb 2003