National flag
Kuwait
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Alam Baladii
,
Derti
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Use
| Civil
and
state flag
,
national ensign
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Proportion
| 1:2
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Adopted
| 7 September 1961
; 62 years ago
(
1961-09-07
)
Officially hoisted 24 November 1961
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Design
| A horizontal
triband
of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side.
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The
flag of Kuwait
(
Arabic
:
??? ??????
) was adopted on September 7, 1961, and officially hoisted November 24, 1961. Before 1961, the flag of
Kuwait
was red and white, like those of other
Persian Gulf states
at the time, with the field being red and words or charges being written in white. It is the only flag in the world featuring an acute trapezium.
When
the Utub
settled in
Kuwait
, Kuwaiti ships were flying a flag common on the western coast of the
Persian Gulf
, a red flag added to it near the mast a serrated white ribbon similar to the current Bahrain flag and was called in the name of
the Sulaimi flag
. This flag was raised in the rule of Sheikh
Sabah I bin Jaber
in 1752 to 1871.
During the period of
Ottoman
rule in Kuwait, the Ottoman flag, red with a white
crescent and star
, was used. This flag was retained after the country became a
British
protectorate in the
Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899
.
In 1903,
Lord Curzon
, the British
Viceroy and Governor-General of India
visited Kuwait, and
Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah
received him and raised a red flag with white words, ?????? ??? ???? (
We trust in God
) in Arabic writing. This avoided the diplomatic faux pax, given Kuwait was under British protection, of raising the Ottoman flag.
Two different flag designs were proposed but not adopted in the period after this. The first proposal in 1906, a red flag with white Western letters spelling (
KOWEIT
) and the second in 1913, the Ottoman flag but the word ???? (
Kuwait
) in Arabic writing as a canton.
[1]
[2]
The Ottoman flag kept being used until the
First World War
, when friendly-fire incidents with the British in 1914 during the
Mesopotamian campaign
around the river
Shatt al-Arab
occurred due to Kuwait and the enemy Ottomans both using the same flag. Because of this Kuwait adopted a new flag, red with ???? (
Kuwait
) in Arabic writing.
[3]
[1]
[2]
This flag was in use until 1921, when
Sheikh
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
added the
Shahada
to the flag.
[4]
[1]
[2]
This version was in use until 1940, when he also added a stylized
falcons
claw to the flag.
[1]
[2]
These flags were also depicted on the
Emblems of Kuwait
. The red flag remained the national flag of Kuwait until the adoption of the current one in September 1961. The present flag is in the
Pan-Arab colours
, but each colour is also significant in its own right.
The colours' meaning came from a poem by Safie Al-Deen Al-Hali:
- White are our deeds
- Black are our battles
- Green are our lands
- Red are our swords
Rules of hanging and flying the flag:
- Horizontally: The green stripe should be on top.
- Vertically: The red stripe should be on the left side of the flag.
In 2005, it became the design of the world's largest
kite
at a size of 1019 square metres. It was made in
New Zealand
by
Peter Lynn
, launched to the public for the first time in 2004 in the United Kingdom, officially launched in Kuwait in 2005, and has not been surpassed since.
The flag can also appear to resemble the corner of a room, with the green and red being the
ceiling
and
floor
, and mismatched black and white walls.
Construction sheet
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Standard of the Emir
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The current Emir of Kuwait has a personal royal standard, which is the national flag with a yellow crown on the green stripe.
Historical flags of Kuwait
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-
1746?1871
(
Al-Sulami flag
)
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1871-1914
(The
Ottoman Empire
adopted its flag in 1844)
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Used between 28-30 November 1903 during the visit of
Lord Curzon
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1906 proposal
(not adopted)
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1913 proposal
(not adopted)
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1914?1921
-
Battle flag raised during
Battle of Jahra
in 1920
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1921?1940
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1940?1961
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Maritime Ensign
1956?1961
Only used at sea
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1961-1990, 1991?present
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1990-1991
-
1991
References
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edit
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- ^
a
b
c
d
Hubert de Vries (2018) [2011].
"KUWAIT ???? ??????"
.
hubert-herald.nl
. Retrieved
January 10,
2019
.
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a
b
c
d
Mello Luchtenberg.
"Kuwait"
.
vexilla-mundi.com
. Retrieved
January 10,
2019
.
- ^
Nunn, Wilfred (1932).
Tigris Gunboats: The Forgotten War in Iraq, 1914-1917
. Naval Institute Press. p. 33.
ISBN
978-1861763082
.
- ^
Farkas Al-Rashoud, Claudia (1993).
Kuwait's Age of Sail : Pearl Divers, Sea Captains, and Shipbuilders Past and Present
. Husain Mohammed Rafie Marafie.
ASIN
B000E4QEN4
.
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