Coat of arms of Sudan
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The current coat of arms of Sudan was adopted in 1969. It shows a Secretary Bird bearing a shield from the time of Muhammad ibn Abdalla, the self-proclaimed Mahdi who briefly ruled Sudan in the 19th century. Two scrolls are placed on the arms; the upper one displays the national motto, An-nasr lana النصر لنا ("Victory is ours"), and the lower one displays the title of the state, جمهورية السودان Jumhuriyat as-Sudan ("The Republic of Sudan"). The coat of arms is also the Presidential seal and is gold and found on the flag of the President of Sudan and on the vehicles carrying the President and at his residence.
The secretary bird was chosen as a distinctively Sudanese and indigenous variant of the "Eagle of Saladin" and "Hawk of Qureish" seen in the emblems of some Arab states, and associated with Arab nationalism (see Coat of arms of Egypt etc.).
The earlier Sudanese state emblem consisted of a rhinoceros enclosed by two palm-trees, with Jumhuriyat as-Sudan as the only caption.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ The International Flag Book in Color by Christian Fogd Pedersen (1971).
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