Last modified: 2002-06-14 by ivan sache
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The flag of Bahrain was initially plain red, originating from the color of the Kharidjite Muslim sect.
Jaume Ollé, 27 July 1999
In 1820, following the General Maritime Treaty with Britain, a vertical white stripe symbolizing the truce was added at hoist ( but de facto the plain red flag remained in use until 1910).
Jaume Ollé, 27 July 1999
In 1933, to distinguish the flag from other flags in the area (current Ajman and Dubai flags, ancient Abu Dhabi flag) the stripe was serrated [i.e. limited with a zig-zag border], The specific meaning of the serration is unknown. The serration was made of 28 triangles. Proportion of the flag was 9:13.
Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]
Jaume Ollé, Nozomi Kariyasu & Ivan Sache, 16 March 2001
Standard of the Emir
Proportion of the flag was 9:13.
Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]
Ivan Sache, 16 March 2001
Source: Album des Pavillons [pay00]
Source: W. Smith [smi80]
The flag was adopted on 19 Augsut 1972.
Standard of the Emir
Same as the national flag, but with two white stripes in chief and base. Proportion 3:4.
Source: W. Smith [smi80]
Barraclough [bar71]
stipulates:
The personal Standard of the Emir is white, with a scarlet inset in
the fly; the serrated edge has eight white points.
Pedersen [ped80] has:
Flag of the Emir: mostly proportions 3:4, and the separation between
the white bar (not the seam) has always six white points. The colored
image has, as a matter of fact, proportions 3:5, and a small white
vertical bar to the fly, c. half the width of the white bars along
top and bottom.
Jarig Bakker, 10 February 2001