Flag of the United Arab Emirates
Designed by | Abdulla Mohammed Al Maainah |
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The flag of the
Merchant ships may fly the alternative civil ensign, a red flag with the national flag in the canton. Emirates Airlines uses the UAE flag as part of their livery.
All seven emirates use the federal flag interchangeably as the flag of the emirate.
History
Ancient flags
Historical flags
tricolour of red, white and red with a green seven-pointed star in the center |
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Flag of the Emirate of Diriyah (1727–1818) and the Emirate of Najd (1824–1891)
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Flag of theAl Qawasim(Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah) prior to 1820
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Flag of the Emirate of Kalba (1921–1952)
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Flag of the Trucial States Council (1968–1971)
Colors
Construction sheet
Meaning behind the colors
Scheme | Textile colour |
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Green | Plains of the Emirates[3] |
White | The Acts of the Emirates [4] |
Black | The Battles and Dark Times of the Emirates [5] |
Red | The Emirati Swords [6] |
Color shades
Green | White | Black | Red | |
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PANTONE | PANTONE® 348 |
n/a |
PANTONE® BLACK |
PANTONE® 186
|
CMYK | 100/0/100/15 |
0/0/0/0 |
10/0/0/100 |
0/100/100/0
|
RGB | 0/115/47 |
255/255/255 |
0/0/0 |
255/0/0
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Hexadecimal | #00843D |
#FFFFFF |
#000000 |
#FF0000
|
Gallery
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Flag of the president of the United Arab Emirates
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Flag of the president of the United Arab Emirates (1973–2008)
Flag of each emirate
Each of the seven emirates within the United Arab Emirates belonged to either the
On 6 November 1975, Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi took down the British-imposed flag, the White Pierced Red flag, from Sharjah, stating:
After defeating the Al-Qawasim tribe, the British occupiers gave the Qawasim this flag to replace their own flag, which used to have three horizontal colours: green, white and red from top to bottom, with a Quranic inscription 'A victory from Allah and an imminent conquest' on the white part. The loss of our national flag occurred on Saturday 8 January 1820. So what I have done now is restore dignity to the citizens of Sharjah of today and to the citizens of Sharjah of the past, all of whom have been forced to salute the flag of the very aggressors who had removed our own flag, a flag that had symbolized the struggle of Al-Qawasim.[8]
On 15 November 1975, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, and Fujairah followed suit and replaced their flags with the federation flag. Soon after, the flags of the other emirates were lowered and the UAE flag was raised.[8]
Abu Dhabi
The flag of Abu Dhabi is a red flag with a white rectangle at the top-left corner. According to the 1820 General Maritime Treaty with the British, in times of war a full red flag would be used by the Bani Yas (Abu Dhabi and Dubai).[9] Although per the treaty, Abu Dhabi was supposed to fly the White Pierced Red Trucial States flag, in practice it continued to fly a plain red flag. Percy Cox, the British Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East, was unsuccessful in convincing Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan to adopt the Trucial States flag, which, Zayed argued, represented the Al Qawasim tribal federation.[10] Abu Dhabi later adopted a red flag with a top left white rectangle to distinguish it from the surrounding emirates.
Ajman and Dubai
The flags of
The Shihuh of Musandam Peninsula (Ruus Al Jibal) also had a similar flag.[15]
Fujairah
Before 1952, the flag of
Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah
The flags of
Umm Al Quwain
The flag of
See also
- Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
- Trucial States
- Pan Arab Colors
References
- ^ Farooqui, Mazhar (October 28, 2021). "Meet the Emirati diplomat who designed UAE's flag as a teenager". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "History of the United Arab Emirates Flag". flagdom.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FLAG". www.protocol.dubai.ae. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FLAG". www.protocol.dubai.ae. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FLAG". www.protocol.dubai.ae. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FLAG". www.protocol.dubai.ae. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-4115-3.
- ^ ISBN 9781408181171.
- ^ a b Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (107/261). British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 30 March 2017. p. 107. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (103/261). British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 30 March 2017. p. 103. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b Hawley, Donald. "The Trucial States". Twayne Publishers, New York, 1970. pp. 326-7.
- ^ Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (151/261). British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 21 April 1932. p. 151. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (57/261). British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 30 March 2017. p. 57. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (111/261). British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 21 April 1932. p. 111. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ISBN 1852071303.
- ^ Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (121/261). British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 4 June 1932. p. 121. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (113/261). British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 30 March 2017. p. 113. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
External links
- Official page for the U.A.E. Flag Day, as hosted by the U.A.E. Ministry of Culture and Youth
- U.A.E. Flag online guide, a website endorsed by the U.A.E. government
- Flag of United Arab Emirates – A Brief History
- United Arab Emirates Flag | All The Details Of Flag
- First raising of the flag on 2 December, 1971 (photo)
- United Arab Emirates at Flags of the World
- Interview of the designer of the UAE flag
- Anthems and Flags of the Trucial States in the British Library
- "Flags of the UAE: what do the colours mean?" By James Langton, The National, Nov 3, 2021