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Pan-Arab colors, used individually in the past, were first combined in 1916 in the flag of the Arab Revolt or Flag of Hejaz. [11] Many current flags are based on Arab Revolt colors, such as the flags of Jordan , Kuwait , Palestine , the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic , and the United Arab Emirates .
Flag map of the Arab World. Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars, crescents and the Shahada.
The national flag of Saudi Arabia [a] is a green background with Arabic inscription and a sword in white. The inscription is the Islamic creed, or shahada: "There is no deity but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God".
Flag of Iran the center emblem is a stylized form of the Arabic word Allah and its five parts represent the Five Pillars of Islam ; the red and green bands bear the Takbir [ 8 ] Flag of Iraq
White was the dynastic color of the Umayyad Caliphate and of the Fatimid Caliphate as well as the standard flag of the Prophet Mohammed [10] A white field. 622–632 750–1258 1261–1517: Black flag of the Abbasid Caliphate and as well the flag of the Prophet Mohammed [10] A black field. 1171–1260/1341: Flag of The Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt
Flag Dates used Location Afghanistan: 2004–present at top of emblem Afghanistan: 1992 in centre stripe Afghanistan: 1992–96; 2001–02 within the emblem Afghanistan (Taliban-led) 1997–2001; 2021–present Centre of the flag Afghanistan: 2002–04 at top of emblem Idrisid Emirate of Asir: 1906–34 Centre of the flag Bangladesh Islami Front
The flag of the Arab Revolt, or flag of Hejaz, was the first to combine the four Arab Revolt colors (1916) The Nasserist tricolor flag of Egypt (1952–1958), was the first to combine the three Arab Liberation colors (1952) The pan-Arab flag family is a set of flags featuring three or four of the colors red, black, white, and green.
An Islamic flag is the flag either representing an Islamic Caliphate, religious order, state, civil society, military force or other entity associated with Islam.Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription on aniconism, making particular colours, inscriptions or symbols such as crescent-and-star popular choices.