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Presidential Flag of South Yemen: A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a sky-blue chevron with a tilted red star next to the hoist and the coat of arms in the canton. 1978–1990 Flag of the Ruling Party 1967–1990: Flag of South Yemen (Vertical)
White flag with emblem. In the green border there are three silhouettes of human heads, turned to the right and imitating the Afghan national colors. Above the profiles is the Arabic Shahada in black, while below is an open book. The profiles are surrounded by a wreath of wheat ears taken from the national emblem.
The current flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a plain white flag with the black words of the shahada in the centre. The white stands for "the (Islamic Movement of Taliban's) purity of faith and government"; the flag incorporated the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, after 1997. [12] [13]
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Flag of the Mandatory Syrian Republic and Syrian Republic (1946–1963) 1963–1972: Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic: 1968–1971: Flag of the Trucial States: 1918–1923: Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen: 1923–1927: 1927–1962: 1962–1990: Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic: 1379–1967: Flag of the Kathiri Sultanate of Hadhramaut ...
The flag was in use until 1962 when the imam was overthrown and the Yemen Arab Republic was established. A civil war between republicans (supported by Egypt ) and royalists (supported by Saudi Arabia ) continued until 1970, with the royalist side continuing to use the flag of the kingdom.
On the top of the flag and the circle Kuwait: 1940-1961 On the fly and the centre Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen: 1918–27 Emirate of Nejd and Hasa: 1902–21 Sultanate of Nejd: 1921–26 Saudi Arabia: 1932–present [1] Saudi Arabia (royal standard) 1932–present [1] Somaliland: 1996–present In the green stripe Tahrir al-Sham: 2017-present
The flag of the kingdom was a plain red flag that flew from 1918 till 1923, when a white Arabic script known as the shahada was added. In 1927, the shahada flag was replaced with a flag which had an Arab Sabre and five five-pointed stars representing the 5 geographic regions of Yemen and the Five Pillars of Islam .