Template talk:Country data Azerbaijan

Naval Ensign
Could you please replace Image:Naval Ensign of Azerbaijan.svg with Image:Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg. It will be deleted on Commons as duplicate. -- CecilK (talk) 18:09, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Flag of Azerbaijan in 1918
The original flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (from 9 November 1918 till 28 April 1920) was with the crescent on the red field. See the flag made by the chairman of the National Council of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Mammad Amin Rasulzade in the Museum of the History of Azerbaijan.

Also you can see the photo of the flag on the photo of the first meeting of the Azerbaijani parlament on the 7th December 1918 - the crescent is small and on the middle field.

In the photo of Delegation from Azerbaijan Democtatic Republic in Hôtel Claridge [Avenue des Champs-Élysées] during Paris Peace Conference (1919) you can see the picture of flag behind the members of delegation.

Also here is an article about Flag of Azerbaijan (Whitney Smith. Flag Lore Of All Nations. — Millbrook Press, 2001. — С. 13. — 112 с. — ISBN 9780761317531): "AZERBAIJAN (ah-zer-bie-JAHN): Ali Bay Huseynzada, the leading nationalist of Azerbaijan, created its modern national flag. The colors of that tricolor stood for the Turkic people (blue), their lslamic faith (green), and the commitment to modernization. In the center of the flag was the traditional Muslim star and cresent. The eight points stood for the eight Turkic peoples, including the Azerbaijanis. This flag was used from 1918 to 1920, when Azerbaijan was independent, and it was revived on February 5, 1991. After the fall of the Soviet Union, independence for Azerbaijan under this flag was proclaimed on August 30, 1991." As you see even Whitney Smith claims that the modern national flag was used from 1918 to 1920.

We can also see the flag with the crescent on the red field behind the soldiers of ADR (See attached photo).

But this variant with the large crescent, that used in this template about ADR is wrong, it is just a variant, but not the correct flag. The file File:Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg should be replaced with the File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg. --Interfase (talk) 11:26, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (t • e • c) 15:50, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Edit request 21 December 2023
Description of suggested change:

Please replace the following at Template:Country data Azerbaijan:
 * flag alias-1918 = Flag of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan.svg
 * flag alias-naval = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg


 * var1 = 1918
 * redir1 = AZE

With this:
 * flag alias-1918 = Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg
 * flag alias-1991 = Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg
 * flag alias-naval = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg


 * var1 = 1918
 * var2 = 1991
 * redir1 = AZE

Sangjinhwa (talk) 23:02, 21 December 2023 (UTC)


 * .  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 03:42, 22 December 2023 (UTC)