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The Arab Liberation Flag borrowed the pan-Arab colors from the 1916 flag of the Arab Revolt.While the colors of black, white, red, and green on the original Arab revolt flag symbolized historical Arab dynasties, namely the Abbasids, Umayyads, Hashemites, and Islam (or possibly the Fatimids), respectively, the Arab Liberation Flag colors also had different meanings.
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.
1958–1971 (as the flag of Egypt) 1958–1961; 1980–2024 (as the flag of Syria) Source: Syria Permanent Mission to the United Nations; FOTW; BASED ON THIS CONSTRUCTION SHEET: Author: See File history below for details. For further informations, see also: en:Syrian Arab Republic and the en:United Arab Republic. Permission (Reusing this file)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: 1976 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Somaliland: 1903 1950 1952 1960 1991 1994 Somaliland: South Ossetia: 1992 South Ossetia: Transnistria: 1937 1938 1940 1992 Transnistria: Country Before 1900 Current Country 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Flag Date Use Description 1973–present Royal Flag of the King of Saudi Arabia. (Ratio: 2:3) A green field with the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white above a horizontal sword, having its tip pointed to the left with the golden royal emblem on the fly side.
The flag of the United Arab Emirates (علم دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة) contains the Pan-Arab colors red, green, white, and black. It was designed in 1971 by Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah, who was 19 years old at that time, and was adopted on 2 December 1971 after winning a nationwide flag design contest.
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1820–1971: Flag of the United Kingdom: A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). 1880–1947: Flag of British India: A Red Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the Star of India emblem displayed in the fly. 1968–1971: Flag of the Trucial States Council