List of Emirati flags

The following is a list of flags, banners and standards used in the United Arab Emirates

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
1971–present Flag of the United Arab Emirates A horizontal tricolour of green, white and black with a vertical 1⁄4-width purple bar at the hoist.[1][2]

Presidential flag

Flag Date Use Description
2008–present Presidential Flag of the United Arab Emirates A horizontal tricolour of green, white and black with a vertical 1⁄4-width red bar at the hoist with the emblem in the center.[3]
1973–2008

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
1971–present Civil Ensign A red field with the national flag on the canton.[4]
?–present Flag of The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces A red field with the national flag on the canton defaced with The Armed Forces Emblem.[5]
?–present Flag of The United Arab Emirates Army A red field with the army's emblem in the center.[6]
?–present Flag of The United Arab Emirates Air Force A blue field with the air force's emblem in the center.[7]
?–present Flag of The United Arab Emirates Navy A white field with the navy's emblem in the center.[8]

Emirate flags

Flag Date Use Description
1820–present Flag of Abu Dhabi A red field with a white rectangle at the canton.[9][10][11]
Flag of Ajman A red field with a white bar at the hoist.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Flag of Dubai
1952–1961 Flag of Fujairah A red field with a white Arabic calligraphy in the center.[20][21]
1820–present Flag of Ras Al Khaimah A large red rectangle on a white field.[22][23][24][25][26]
Flag of Sharjah
Flag of Umm Al Quwain A red field with a white bar at the hoist and a large white star and crescent in the center.[12][27][28]

Historical flags

Under Persian Rule

Flag Date Use Description
Pre-Islamic Persia
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.
225–651 Flag of the Sasanian Empire Called 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.
Islamic Persia
945–1055 Banner of the Buyid dynasty 4 green sulde suspended on a staff.

Under Arab Rule

Flag Date Use Description
Caliphates
651–661 Flag of the Rashidun Caliphate A simple black field.
750–934 Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate
661–750 Flag of The Umayyad Caliphate A simple white field.
Emirates
1417–1520 Flag of The Jabrids Emirate A red field with a white symbol in the center and a white Arabic script upwards.
1727–1818 Flag of the Emirate of Diriyah A green field with a white stripe on the fly and an Arabic script written in white in the center.[29][30][31]
1822–1891 Flag of the Emirate of Nejd

Under Portuguese Rule

Flag Date Use Description
Kingdom of Portugal
1508–1521 Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
1521–1578
1578–1640
1616–1640 Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Putative)
1640–1650 Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal
Iberian Union
1580–1640 Flag of The Iberian Union A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
Banner of Arms of The Iberian Union The heraldry of the House of Austria (with the arms of Portugal).[32]
Royal Flag of The Iberian Union A red field with the royal arms in the center.

Under Omani Rule

Flag Date Use Description
1650–1783 Flag of the Imamate of Oman A white field with the royal emblem in the canton.
1696–1783 Flag of the Omani Empire A white field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.

Pirate Coast

Flag Date Use Description
1783–1820 Flag of the Hinawi (the Bani Yas – Abu Dhabi and Dubai) tribal confederation A simple red field.
Flag of the Ghafiri (Umm Al Quwain and Ajman) tribal confederation
Original flag of Al Qawasim (Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah) A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with a black Arabic calligraphy in the center.[33]

Under British Rule

Flag Date Use Description
1820–1971 Flag of the United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1880–1947 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.
1968–1971 Flag of the Trucial States Council A horizontal tricolour of red, white and red with a green 7-pointed star in the center.[34]

See also

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