List of Kuwaiti flags - Misplaced Pages

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

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–present	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–present	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

Former royal flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1956–1961	Flag of the emir of Kuwait
	1940–1956	Flag of the emir of Kuwait
	1921–1940	Flag of the emir of Kuwait

Military flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1967–present	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
	?–present	Flag of the Kuwait City	a white field with the emblem of the city in the center.

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
	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 three red dentated tails on the fly.
	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

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

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 three golden crescent moons inside the disc.
	1793–1844	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	A red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star.
	1844–1914	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	A red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
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
	1921–1940	Flag of British Kuwait
	1940–1961	Flag of British Kuwait
Military Flags
	1920	Battle flag raised during Battle of Jahra in 1920
	1956–1961	Maritime ensign of Kuwait

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.

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1906	Proposed flag for Kuwait
	1909–1915	Proposed flag for Kuwait

References

عزف السلام الوطني خلال استقبال سمو الأمير الشيخ صباح الأحمد لخادم الحرمين الملك سلمان, retrieved 2022-11-21
"‎عبدالله محمد ناصر بن ناصر‎ on Instagram: "العلم الأميري الأول الخاص بأمير الكويت الراحل الشيخ أحمد الجابر المبارك الصباح ونلاحظ من اليمين ( لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله ) ،وفي الوسط كلمة (كويت) وأعلى كلمة كويت وجد التاج الأميري الخاص بالكويت وقد استعمل هذا العلم في فترة حكم الشيخ احمد الجابر المبارك الصباح إلى بداية حكم الشيخ عبدالله السالم الصباح رحمهم الله أول ظهور للعلم الأميري كان عام 1921 في عهد الشيخ أحمد الجابر رحمه الله، واستمر حتى عام 1961 مع مروره ببعض الإضافات والتعديلات الطفيفة.. #الكويت #العلم_الأميري # مقتنيات #متحف_بن_ناصر"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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"Persia (Iran) from XVI to XVIIIth century". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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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.
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Lists of flags

State-related

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People
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Watercraft
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