The following is a list of flags, standards and banners used in Kuwait.

National Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1991-TodayFlag of KuwaitA horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side.

Royal Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1961-TodayFlag of The Emir of KuwaitA horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side with a golden crown in the center of the green stripe[1]

Former Royal Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1956-1961Flag of The Emir of Kuwait[2]
1940-1956Flag of The Emir of Kuwait
1921-1940Flag of The Emir of Kuwait

Military Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1967-TodayFlag of The Kuwait National GuardA Horizontal bicolour of green and yellow with the National Guard Emblem in the center.

Municipality Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
 ?-TodayFlag of The Kuwait Citya white field with the emblem of the city in the center.[3]

Historical Flags

Under Pre-Islamic Persia

FlagDateUseDescription
559–529 BCStandard of the Achaemenid EmpireAlso Called Derafsh Sahbaz, It was the Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
224–632Standard of the Sasanian Empirealso known as The Derafsh Kaviani, It's the mythological and historical flag of Iran until the end of the Sassanid dynasty, which according to Ferdowsi's narration in the Shahnameh, This flag emerged with the uprising of Kaveh the Blacksmith against the tyrannical king Zahak and the beginning of the Fereydon's kingdom and Pishdadian dynasty.

Under Arab Rule

FlagDateUseDescription
632–661Flag of The RashidunA Simple Green Field.
698–750Flag of The Umayyad CaliphateA White Field.
750–945Flag of The Abbasid CaliphateA Simple Black Field.

Under The Buyid dynasty

FlagDateUseDescription
945-1055Flag of the Buyid dynasty

Seljuk Empire

FlagDateUseDescription
1055-1148Flag of the Seljuk Empire

Under Mongol Rule

FlagDateUseDescription
1258-1368Battle Flag of The Mongol EmpireA Blue Banner with The Soyombo symbol in the center and 3 red dentated tails on the fly.[4]
1258-1432Flag of The Ilkhanate and The Jalayirid SultanateA scarlet square on a golden field.

Qara Qoyunlu

FlagDateUseDescription
1432–1468Flag of Qara Qoyunlu

Aq Qoyunlu

FlagDateUseDescription
1452-1478Flag of Aq Qoyunlu from the period of the Uzun Hasan's reign[5]

Timurid Empire

FlagDateUseDescription
1384–1405Flag of the Timurid Empire
1405–1502Flag of the Timurid Empire

Under Portuguese Rule

FlagDateUseDescription
1521-1533Flag of The Kingdom of PortugalWhite field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.

Safavid Dynasty

FlagDateUseDescription
1502–1524Flag of the Safavid Iran
1524–1533
1623-1638		Flag of the Safavid Iran[6]

Omani Empire

FlagDateUseDescription
1670-1716Flag of the Imamate of OmanA White Field with The Royal Emblem in the canton.
1696–1716Flag of the Omani EmpireA White Field with red arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.

Ottoman Empire

FlagDateUseDescription
1533-1623
1638-1793		Flag of The Ottoman EmpireRed field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc.
1793–1844Flag of The Ottoman EmpireA Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star.[7][8]
1844–1914Flag of The Ottoman EmpireA Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star.[9][10]
Ottoman Kuwait
1746-1871Al-Sulami flag
1746-1871Al-Sulami flag (Variant)
1903Diplomatic Flag during the visit of Lord Curzon

Under British Rule

FlagDateUseDescription
1914-1961Flag of The United KingdomA superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1914–1947Flag of British IndiaA Red Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the Star of India emblem displayed in the fly.
British Kuwait
1914-1921Flag of British Kuwait[11][12]
1921-1940Flag of British Kuwait[11][12]
1940-1961Flag of British Kuwait[11][12]
Military Flags
1920Battle flag raised during Battle of Jahra in 1920[11][12]
1956-1961Maritime Ensign of Kuwait[11][12]

Independence

FlagDateUseDescription
1961-1990Flag of KuwaitA horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side.

Proposal Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1906Proposal Flag for Kuwait
1909-1915Proposal Flag for Kuwait

See also

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References

  1. ↑ عزف السلام الوطني خلال استقبال سمو الأمير الشيخ صباح الأحمد لخادم الحرمين الملك سلمان, retrieved 2022-11-21
  2. ↑ "‎عبدالله محمد ناصر بن ناصر‎ on Instagram: "العلم الأميري الأول الخاص بأمير الكويت الراحل الشيخ أحمد الجابر المبارك الصباح ونلاحظ من اليمين ( لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله ) ،وفي الوسط كلمة (كويت) وأعلى كلمة كويت وجد التاج الأميري الخاص بالكويت وقد استعمل هذا العلم في فترة حكم الشيخ احمد الجابر المبارك الصباح إلى بداية حكم الشيخ عبدالله السالم الصباح رحمهم الله أول ظهور للعلم الأميري كان عام 1921 في عهد الشيخ أحمد الجابر رحمه الله، واستمر حتى عام 1961 مع مروره ببعض الإضافات والتعديلات الطفيفة.. #الكويت #العلم_الأميري # مقتنيات #متحف_بن_ناصر"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Kuwait City (Kuwait)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Early Mongol flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  5. ↑ "AKKOYUNLULAR". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Persia (Iran) from XVI to XVIIIth century". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  7. ↑ Publishing, D. K. (2009-01-06). Complete Flags of the World. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7566-5486-3.
  8. ↑ Marshall, Tim (2017-07-04). A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5011-6833-8.
  9. ↑ "STRAITS Chapter 18". www.manorhouse.clara.net. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  10. ↑ "STRAITS Chapter 21". www.manorhouse.clara.net. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vexilla Mundi". www.vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kuwait: History of the Flag". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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