Kaitag Flag

The flag of the Kaitag (Хайдаҡӏла) is a blue field with a white seal at its center.
The stylized Kufic monogram from the pantheon of the rulers of Kaitag symbolizes centuries-old statehood.
Above and to the right — a white four-leaf madder flower, once abundantly cultivated across Kaitag.
Deep blue — the traditional ground of Kaitag embroidery.
Proportions 2:3 (swallowtail 1:2). Color #0047AB / PMS 300 C.

For historical background, references, and animated preview, see urssivar.com/flag. For an interactive cloth simulation, see flagwaver (& swallowtail).

Specification

• Proportions — 2:3
• Color — #0047AB / PMS 300 C
• Elements — White seal: monogram + flower

Elements

Monogram

A stylized Kufic monogram drawn from a 13th-century sarcophagus attributed to a ruler of Kaitag¹ — one of the most prominent monuments of its statehood.²

Flower

A four-petal madder flower (Rubia tinctorum), a key dye crop of Kaitag, positioned upper-right to balance the monogram's asymmetry.³

Field

Deep blue is the canonical ground of Kaitag embroidery, documented by ethnographer E. M. Shilling.³

Variants

Two-tailed banners were common during the Caucasian War — among them the flag of Eldar-Bek of Kara-Kaitag, captured near Derbent in 1831.⁴ The swallowtail (1:2) follows this form.

Files

• flag.svg / flag.png — Vector + raster
• swallowtail.svg / swallowtail.png — Swallowtail variant
• construction.svg — Construction sheet
• flag.afdesign — Affinity Designer source

License

This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contact: alkaitagi@outlook.com

Footnotes

1. Маммаев М. М. Искусство Зирихгерана-Кубачи XIII–XV вв. и его место в системе художественных культур Востока и Запада. Махачкала: Эпоха, 2014. 592 с. ↩

2. Магомедов М. Г., Шихсаидов А. Р. Калакорейш (Крепость курейшитов). Махачкала: Юпитер, 2000. 168 с. ↩

3. Гасанова З. И., Гаджалова Ф. А. Кайтагская вышивка: от истоков в будущее. 2-е изд. Дербент: Типография-М, 2022. 176 с. ↩ ↩²

4. Дадаев Ю. У. Наибы и мудиры Шамиля. Махачкала, 2009. 624 с. ↩