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Moheli page at the World Statesmen website: Flag images mostly taken from Jaume Ollé's collection (no credit is shown) and some also from FOTW (as reported by Iain Walker, 02 Oct 2002, and António Martins, 08 Oct 2002)
image by António Martins, 08 Oct 2002
The previous flag was plain red.
Jaume Ollê, 07 Aug 1997
At www.worldstatesmen.org/Comoros.htm#Moheli
this flag is labelled «1830 - 1868; 1871» and the historical synopsis states
that from 1830 to 26 Apr 1886, «migrants from Madagascar establish Mwali as
a separate sultanate, previously island subject to
Anjouan.» In 1886 the French
protectorate is established. The dates for this flag (1830-1868, 1871)
point to it’s usage under sultans Ramanetaka (l.k.a. Abderremane), Raketaka
Jombe Sudy (l.k.a Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane) (first
rule), and the the one-year interregnum after the regency
of Joseph Lambert, duc d’Imerina.
António Martins, 08 Oct 2002
Moheli has been a vassal of Anjouan since the
XVIth century. In 1830, Ramanataka, brother-in-law of the
King of Madagascar, took the power, converted to
Islam and became Sultan Abd-er-Rahman.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002,
from [clv02]
image by Ivan Sache, 13 Oct 1997 and 10 Oct 2002
In 1842, Sultan Abd-er-Rahman’s daughter Djumbe
Fatima reigned under the name of Raketaka, and asked for the
French protection against
Zanzibar.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002,
from [clv02]
The »1997« separatists in Fomboni, the main
town on Moheli, also hoisted the yellow-and-black flag of Queen Fatima Djoumbe,
the last ruler of Moheli before colonization by France.
Jan Oskar Engene, 06 Aug 1997,
quoting from NANDO Times 1997.08.06
The flag used by Fatima Djumbe by Calvarin
[clv02]: it was
yellow and red, not yellow and black.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
image by António Martins, 08 Oct 2002
At www.worldstatesmen.org/Comoros.htm#Moheli,
a third pre-1886 is shown, a red and white flag with eight horizontal stripes,
labelled «1868 - 1871». This period coincides with the regency of Joseph
Lambert, duc d’Imerina.
António Martins, 08 Oct 2002
Fatima Djumbe married the son of the Sultan of
Zanzibar, was exiled to France
in 1867, and resigned in favour of her son. The Council of Ministers asked for
a French Protectorate, which was established on 26 April
1886.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002,
from [clv02]
image by António Martins, 08 Oct 2002
The flag of Moheli between 1871 and 1886 is reported by Lucien Philippe
white over red, but perhaps is really yellow over red.
Jaume Ollê, 07 Aug 1997
Apparently (considering www.worldstatesmen.org/Comoros.htm#Moheli)
used during the one-year interregnum after the regency of Joseph Lambert, duc
d’Imerina, and also under sultans Jumbe Fatima bint
Abderremane (second rule), Abderremane bin Saidi Hamadi Makadara and
Mohammed Shekhe.
António Martins, 08 Oct 2002
image by Jaume Ollé, 08 Oct 2002
Between 1886 and 1891 a new flag was adopted: red with white (yellow?)
Arabic inscriptions. Became obsolete 25 July 1912 when the island was
declared French colony.
Jaume Ollê, 07 Aug 1997
At www.worldstatesmen.org/Comoros.htm#Moheli
this is labeled «1886 - 1891».
António Martins, 08 Oct 2002
image by Jaume Ollé, 08 Oct 2002
In www.worldstatesmen.org/Comoros.htm#Moheli
another flag, labelled «1891 - 1904»: It’s identical to the
1868-1871 flag but with a green hoist stripe
charged in the canton with a white crescent and star.
Apparently used under the sultans Marjani bin Abudu Shee and Salima
Machamba bint Saidi Hamadi Makadara (only in the first three years).
António Martins, 08 Oct 2002