Arab tribal banners

[Anton]

I note that Kennedy refers to Arab units in the Conquest period fighting under their tribal banners.  Do we have any idea of what such flags looked like?

[vexillia]

Yes.  There's a page in one of the Ospreys.  Not at my desk will give more details tomorrow.

[Anton]

Much appreciated, thank you.

[Swampster]

There is a page here https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/mkbfzl/flags_of_the_arab_tribes_and_muslim_cities/

If you do a Google search for 'banu flag' you get the names of the tribes.

[vexillia]

Swampster beat me to it posting a link to a scan of the page I mentioned.  It's from "Osprey - MAA 255 - Armies of the Muslim Conquest". 

I have drawn some of these (the easier ones) and they will form part of a blog post in the future.  I have a pdf (sized for 15 mm) if you're interested.

[Anton]

Thank you both that's very helpful.

I'd appreciate the pdf Martin it would be very useful indeed.

[Duncan Head]

The Nicolle page is based on Martin Hinds' article "The Banners and Battle Cries of the Arabs at Siffin", available in his collection Studies in Early Islamic History.