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

National Flag

Flag Date Use Description
1991-Today Flag of Kuwait A horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side.

Royal Flag

Flag Date Use Description
1961-Today Flag of The Emir of Kuwait A 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

Flag Date Use Description
1956-1961 Flag of The Emir of Kuwait [2]
1940-1956 Flag of The Emir of Kuwait
1921-1940 Flag of The Emir of Kuwait

Military Flag

Flag Date Use Description
1967-Today Flag of The Kuwait National Guard A Horizontal bicolour of green and yellow with the National Guard Emblem in the center.

Municipality Flag

Flag Date Use Description
?-Today Flag of The Kuwait City a white field with the emblem of the city in the center.[3]

Historical Flags

Under Pre-Islamic Persia

Flag Date Use Description
559–529 BC Standard of the Achaemenid Empire Also Called Derafsh Sahbaz, It was the Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
224–632 Standard of the Sasanian Empire also 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

Flag Date Use Description
632–661 Flag of The Rashidun A Simple Green Field.
698–750 Flag of The Umayyad Caliphate A White Field.
750–945 Flag of The Abbasid Caliphate A Simple Black Field.

Under The Buyid dynasty

Flag Date Use Description
945-1055 Flag of the Buyid dynasty

Seljuk Empire

Flag Date Use Description
1055-1148 Flag of the Seljuk Empire

Under Mongol Rule

Flag Date Use Description
1258-1368 Battle Flag of The Mongol Empire A Blue Banner with The Soyombo symbol in the center and 3 red dentated tails on the fly.[4]
1258-1432 Flag of The Ilkhanate and The Jalayirid Sultanate A scarlet square on a golden field.

Qara Qoyunlu

Flag Date Use Description
1432–1468 Flag of Qara Qoyunlu

Aq Qoyunlu

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

Timurid Empire

Flag Date Use Description
1384–1405 Flag of the Timurid Empire
1405–1502 Flag of the Timurid Empire

Under Portuguese Rule

Flag Date Use Description
1521-1533 Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.

Safavid Dynasty

Flag Date Use Description
1502–1524 Flag of the Safavid Iran
1524–1533
1623-1638		 Flag of the Safavid Iran [6]

Omani Empire

Flag Date Use Description
1670-1716 Flag of the Imamate of Oman A White Field with The Royal Emblem in the canton.
1696–1716 Flag of the Omani Empire A White Field with red arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.

Ottoman Empire

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

Under British Rule

Flag Date Use Description
1914-1961 Flag of The United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1914–1947 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.
British Kuwait
1914-1921 Flag of British Kuwait [11][12]
1921-1940 Flag of British Kuwait [11][12]
1940-1961 Flag of British Kuwait [11][12]
Military Flags
1920 Battle flag raised during Battle of Jahra in 1920 [11][12]
1956-1961 Maritime Ensign of Kuwait [11][12]

Independence

Flag Date Use Description
1961-1990 Flag of Kuwait A horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side.

Proposal Flags

Flag Date Use Description
1906 Proposal Flag for Kuwait
1909-1915 Proposal Flag for Kuwait

See also

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References

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  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.
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  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. ^ a b c d e "Vexilla Mundi". www.vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Kuwait: History of the Flag". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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