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The Flag of the Arab Revolt
The Arab Liberation Flag

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 Sykes' 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 states and unions that don't exist anymore such as the United Arab Republic, the Arab Federation, North Yemen, South Yemen and the Kingdom of Hejaz.

Current national flags with Pan-Arab colors

Sovereign states

Partially recognized states

Other flags with Pan-Arab colors

Former national flags

Flags used by political parties and paramilitary organisations

Former Arab flags

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Pan-Arab Colours, crwflags.com
  2. http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/flag/20.htm
  3. 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.
  4. Mahdi Abdul-Hadi, Palestine Facts: The Meaning of the Flag, passia.org
  5. I. Friedman, British Pan-Arab Policy, 1915-1922, Transaction Publ., 2011, p.135
  6. Also used as the flag of Fujairah since 1975
  7. 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
  8. Historical Flags (Palestine), on crwflags.com
  9. http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/flag/16.htm
  10. http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/flag/18.htm
  11. ^ Al-Ahwaz (Khuzestan) Political Organizations (Iran) on crwflags.com
  12. S. T. Al-Seyed Naama, Brief History of Ahwaz, on al-ahwaz.com

External links

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