List of Kuwaiti flags
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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[1] |
Former royal flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1956–1961 | Flag of the emir of Kuwait | [2] |
.svg) | 1940–1956 | Flag of the emir of Kuwait | |
.svg) | 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.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
Under Mongol rule
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1258–1432 | Flag of the Ilkhanate and the Jalayirid Sultanate | A scarlet square on a golden field. |
Aq Qoyunlu
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1452–1478 | Flag of Aq Qoyunlu from the period of the Uzun Hasan's reign | [4] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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 | [5] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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. |
.svg) | 1793–1844 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star.[6][7] |
.svg) | 1844–1914 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.[8][9] |
| Ottoman Kuwait | |||
 | 1746–1871 | Al-Sulami flag | |
 | 1746–1871 | Al-Sulami flag (variant) | |
.svg) | 1903 | Diplomatic flag during the visit of Lord Curzon | |
Under British rule
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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 | |||
.svg) | 1914–1921 | Flag of British Kuwait | [10][11] |
.svg) | 1921–1940 | Flag of British Kuwait | [10][11] |
.svg) | 1940–1961 | Flag of British Kuwait | [10][11] |
| Military Flags | |||
.svg) | 1920 | Battle flag raised during Battle of Jahra in 1920 | [10][11] |
 | 1956–1961 | Maritime ensign of Kuwait | [10][11] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1906 | Proposed flag for Kuwait | |
.svg) | 1909–1915 | Proposed flag for Kuwait |
See also
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