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The Pan-Arab colors are black, white, green and red. Individually, they have their origins in the flags of prominent empires and dynasties in Arab history.
Each of the four Pan-Arab colors were intended to represent a certain Arab dynasty, or era. The black was the color of the banner of Muhammad; white was used by the Umayyad Caliphate; green was used by the Fatimid Caliphate; and red was the flag held by the Khawarij. They are grouped basing on two sub-sets: the Arab Revolt colors, coming from the 1916 Arab Revolt flag, and the Arab Libertation colors, born after the 1952-53 Egyptian revolution.
The Arab Revolt colors are used currently in the flags of Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, the SADR, and the United Arab Emirates. The Arab Liberation colors appear in the flags of Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Formerly, Pan-Arab colors were shown in the flag of Libya as well as in flags of the short-lived United Arab Republic, Arab Federation and Federation of Arab Republics.
Current national flags with Pan-Arab colors
Sovereign states
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Partially recognized states
Other flags with Pan-Arab colors
Former national flags
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Hejaz (1917–1920) -
Syria (1920-03-08 to 1920-07-24) -
Hejaz (1920–1926) -
Ha'il (1920-1921) -
Iraq (1921–1959) -
Jordan (1921-1928) -
Hejaz (1926–1932) -
Jordan (1928-1939) -
Syria (1932–1958 and 1961–1963) -
Palestine ("All-Palestine Government") (1948-1959) -
Egypt (1952-1958) -
Arab Federation (1958) -
United Arab Republic (1958–1961) -
Iraq (1959–1963) -
North Yemen (1962–1990) -
Iraq (1963–1991) and Syria (1963–1972) -
Palestine (1964-2006) -
South Yemen (1967–1990) -
Libya (1969–1972) -
Federation of Arab Republics (Egypt (1972–1984), Syria (1972–1980), and Libya (1972–1977)) -
Arab Islamic Republic (1974) -
Iraq (1991–2004) -
Iraq (2004-2008)
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Flags used by political parties and paramilitary organisations
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Flag of the Arab Literature Club (1909-1915), an Arab autonomist organisation based in Istanbul during the late Ottoman era -
Flag of the Society of Young Arabs (1911-1916), an Arab autonomist organisation during the late Ottoman era -
Flag of the Ba'ath Party, also used by Syrian Ba'ath Brigades -
Flag of the Syrian Interim Government, also used by the Free Syrian Army -
Flag used by Arab separatists and autonomists in Khuzestan, Iran -
Flag used by the separatist National Council of Ahwaz in Khuzestan, Iran
Former Arab flags
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Rashidun Caliphate
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Umayyads
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Abbasids
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Fatimids
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Ayyubids
(1171–1341) -
Mamluk Sultanate
(1250–1517)
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Pan-Arab Colours, crwflags.com
- http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/flag/20.htm
- Abū Khaldūn Sati' al-Husri, The days of Maysalūn: A Page from the Modern History of the Arabs, Sidney Glauser Trans., (Washington D.C.: Middle East Institute, 1966), 46.
- Mahdi Abdul-Hadi, Palestine Facts: The Meaning of the Flag, passia.org
- Also used as the flag of Fujairah since 1975
- Palestinian Law No. 5 for the year 2006 amending some provisions of Law No. 22 for the year 2005 on the Sanctity of the Palestinian Flag
- Historical Flags (Palestine), on crwflags.com
- http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/flag/16.htm
- http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/flag/18.htm
- ^ Al-Ahwaz (Khuzestan) Political Organizations (Iran) on crwflags.com
- S. T. Al-Seyed Naama, Brief History of Ahwaz, on al-ahwaz.com
External links
- Pan-Arab colors
- Evolution of the Arab Flag, by Dr. Mahdi Abdul-Hadi (in Arabic)
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