| Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description |
|---|
 |
1500–1698 |
Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani |
A red field.[9] |
| 1830–1833 |
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1576–1578 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal |
A white field with the coat of arms in the center. |
 |
1578–1640 |
 |
1616–1640 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (putative) |
 |
1640–1650 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal |
 |
1698–1830 |
Flag of the Omani Empire [citation needed] |
A white field with red Arabic script below a red sword pointed to the right. |
 |
1830–1868 |
Flag of the Mwali Sultanate |
A simple red field.[10] |
 |
1833–1850 |
Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani |
A red field with a white border.[11] |
 |
1841–1940 |
Flag of the July Monarchy |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
| Flag of the French Second Republic |
| Flag of the Second French Empire |
| Flag of the French Third Republic |
| 1944–1975 |
Flag of the Provisional Government of the French Republic |
| Flag of the French Fourth Republic |
| Flag of the French Fifth Republic |
 |
1841–1848 |
Royal Standard of Louis-Philippe I |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red centered with the royal arms of Louis-Philippe I.[12] |
 |
1842–1867 |
Flag of Queen Djoumbé Fatima (also used as a separatist flag) |
A red field with a vertical yellow stripe on the hoist side.[13][14] |
| 1997–1998 |
 |
1850 |
Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani |
A vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and white centered with an Arabic script written in black.[15] |
 |
1850–1893 |
Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani (also used as a separatist flag and later as an official flag) |
A red field centered with a white crescent moon and a hand.[16] |
| 1997–2012 |
 |
1868–1871 |
Flag of the Mwali Sultanate |
Eight horizontal stripes alternating red and white.[17] |
 |
1870 |
Imperial standard of Napoléon III |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red, with the red stripe larger than the other two stripes, several golden bees and centered with the royal arms of Napoléon III.[18] |
 |
1871–1886 |
Flag of the Mwali Sultanate |
A horizontal bicolour of white and red, similar to the flag of Poland.[19] |
 |
1886–1891 |
A red field centered with an Arabic script written in white.[20] |
 |
1891–1904 |
Eight horizontal stripes alternating red and white and a vertical green stripe on the hoist side with a crescent moon and five-pointed star in the canton.[21] |
 |
1940–1942 |
Flag of Vichy France |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with an axe and seven golden stars.[22] |
 |
1942–1943 |
Flag of the United Kingdom |
A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
 |
1943–1944 |
Flag of Free France |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the Lorraine cross.[23] |
 |
1963–1975 |
First flag of the Comoros |
A green field with a white crescent at upper hoist facing the fly, four stars in a diagonal.[24] |
 |
1975–1978 |
Second flag of the Comoros |
A red field with a horizontal green stripe at the bottom and a white crescent moon and four white five-pointed stars in the canton.[25] |
 |
1978–1992 |
Third flag of the Comoros |
A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars.[26][27] |
 |
1992–1996 |
Fourth flag of the Comoros |
 |
1996–2001 |
Fifth flag of the Comoros |
A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars and a white inscription to the lower hoist and another to the upper fly. The inscriptions are written in Arabic calligraphy with the former reading "Muhammed" and the latter reading "Allah".[28] |
 |
2002–2003 |
Flag of Mohéli |
A yellow field with a narrow vertical black stripe on the hoist side and a crescent moon and five-pointed star towards the fly.[29] |
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