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The Following is a list of Flags, Banners and Standards used in The [[United Arab Emirates]]
The following is a list of flags, banners and standards used in the [[United Arab Emirates]]


==National Flag==
==National flag==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
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| [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|border|150px]] || 1971-Today || Flag of The United Arab Emirates || A horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of green, white and black with a vertical {{frac|1|4}}-width red bar at the hoist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2011 |title=Teen who designed UAE's national flag was 'in a flutter' |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/teen-who-designed-uae-national-flag-was-in-a-flutter-1.585290 |access-date=2011-11-01 |website=thenational.ae |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the United Arab Emirates Flag |url=https://flagdom.com/international-flags/united-arab-emirates-flag/ |access-date=2019-02-19 |website=flagdom.com}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|border|150px]] || 1971–present || Flag of the United Arab Emirates || A horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of green, white and black with a vertical {{frac|1|4}}-width purple bar at the hoist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2011 |title=Teen who designed UAE's national flag was 'in a flutter' |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/teen-who-designed-uae-national-flag-was-in-a-flutter-1.585290 |access-date=2011-11-01 |website=thenational.ae |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the United Arab Emirates Flag |url=https://flagdom.com/international-flags/united-arab-emirates-flag/ |access-date=2019-02-19 |website=flagdom.com}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Presidential Flag==
==Presidential flag==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the President of the United Arab Emirates.svg|border|150px]] || 2008-Today || Presidential Flag of The United Arab Emirates || A horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of green, white and black with a vertical {{frac|1|4}}-width red bar at the hoist with the emblem in the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential Standard (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Epresi.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the President of the United Arab Emirates.svg|border|150px]] || 2008–present || [[President of the United Arab Emirates|Presidential]] Flag of the United Arab Emirates || A horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of green, white and black with a vertical {{frac|1|4}}-width red bar at the hoist with the emblem in the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential Standard (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Epresi.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the President of the United Arab Emirates (1973–2008).svg|border|150px]] || 1973-2008 || Presidential Flag of The United Arab Emirates || A horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of green, white and black with a vertical {{frac|1|4}}-width red bar at the hoist with the emblem in the center.
| [[File:Flag of the President of the United Arab Emirates (1973–2008).svg|border|150px]] || 1973–2008 || Presidential Flag of the United Arab Emirates || A horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of green, white and black with a vertical {{frac|1|4}}-width red bar at the hoist with the emblem in the center.
|}
|}


==Military Flags==
==Military flags==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
|-
| [[File:Civil Ensign of the United Arab Emirates.svg|border|150px]] || 1971-Today || Civil Ensign || A red field with the national flag on the canton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United Arab Emirates |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae.html#civ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Civil Ensign of the United Arab Emirates.svg|border|150px]] || 1971–present || Civil Ensign || A red field with the national flag on the canton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United Arab Emirates |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae.html#civ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the UAE Armed Forces.svg|border|150px]] || 1976-Today || Flag of The [[United Arab Emirates Armed Forces]] || A red field with the national flag on the canton defaced with The Armed Forces Emblem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Flags (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Emil.html#arm |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the UAE Armed Forces.svg|border|150px]] ||?–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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Flags (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Emil.html#arm |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the UAE Army.svg|border|150px]] || 1951-Today || Flag of The [[United Arab Emirates Army]] || a red field with the army's emblem in the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Flags (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Emil.html#lf |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the UAE Army.svg|border|150px]] ||?–present|| Flag of The [[United Arab Emirates Army]] || a red field with the army's emblem in the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Flags (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Emil.html#lf |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates Air Force.svg|border|150px]] || 1968-Today || Flag of The [[United Arab Emirates Air Force]] || a blue field with the air force's emblem in the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Flags (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Emil.html#af |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates Air Force.svg|border|150px]] ||?–present|| Flag of The [[United Arab Emirates Air Force]] || a blue field with the air force's emblem in the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Flags (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae%5Emil.html#af |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates Navy.png|border|150px]] ||?–present|| Flag of The [[United Arab Emirates Navy]] || a white field with the navy's emblem in the center.<ref>https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/ae%5Enavy.jpg</ref>
|}
|}


==Emirate Flags==
==Emirate flags==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|-
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
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|-
| [[File:Flag of Abu Dhabi.svg|border|150px]] || 1820-Today || Flag of [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi]] || a red field with a white rectangle at the canton.<ref name="Bani Yas">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00006e |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (107/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00006a |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (103/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=103}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-abu.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Abu Dhabi.svg|border|150px]] || 1820–present || Flag of [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi]] || a red field with a white rectangle at the canton.<ref name="Bani Yas">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00006e |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (107/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00006a |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (103/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=103}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-abu.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Ajman.svg|border|150px]] || 1820-Today || Flag of [[Emirate of Ajman|Ajman]] and [[Emirate of Dubai|Dubai]] || a red field with a white bar at the hoist.<ref name="Hawley 1970">Hawley, Donald. "The Trucial States". Twayne Publishers, New York, 1970. pp. 326-7.</ref><ref name="Bani Yas2">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00006e |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (107/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00009a |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (151/261) |date=21 April 1932 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=151}}</ref><ref name="TC1">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00003c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (57/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=57}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Schofield |first1=Richard N. |title=Arabian Boundaries: Primary Documents |last2=Blake |first2=Gerald Henry |date=1988 |publisher=Archive Editions |isbn=1852071303 |volume=26 |page=450}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x000072 |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (111/261) |date=21 April 1932 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=111}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ajman (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-ajm.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-dub.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Ajman.svg|border|150px]] || 1820–present || Flag of [[Emirate of Ajman|Ajman]] and [[Emirate of Dubai|Dubai]] || a red field with a white bar at the hoist.<ref name="Hawley 1970-2">Hawley, Donald. "The Trucial States". Twayne Publishers, New York, 1970. pp. 326-7.</ref><ref name="Bani Yas2">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00006e |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (107/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00009a |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (151/261) |date=21 April 1932 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=151}}</ref><ref name="TC1">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00003c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (57/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=57}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Schofield |first1=Richard N. |title=Arabian Boundaries: Primary Documents |last2=Blake |first2=Gerald Henry |date=1988 |publisher=Archive Editions |isbn=1852071303 |volume=26 |page=450}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x000072 |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (111/261) |date=21 April 1932 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=111}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ajman (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-ajm.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-dub.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Fujairah (1952–1961).svg|border|150px]] || 1952-1961 || Flag of [[Emirate of Fujairah|Fujairah]] || a red field with a white Arabic calligraphy in the center.<ref name="book">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/completeflagsofw0000unse/page/184 |title=Complete Flags of the World |date=2007 |publisher=Smithsonian Handbooks |isbn=978-0-7566-4115-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/completeflagsofw0000unse/page/184 184]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fujairah |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-fuj.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Fujairah (1952–1961).svg|border|150px]] || 1952–1961 || Flag of [[Emirate of Fujairah|Fujairah]] || a red field with a white Arabic calligraphy in the center.<ref name="book">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/completeflagsofw0000unse/page/184 |title=Complete Flags of the World |date=2007 |publisher=Smithsonian Handbooks |isbn=978-0-7566-4115-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/completeflagsofw0000unse/page/184 184]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fujairah |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-fuj.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.svg|border|150px]] || 1820-Today || Flag of [[Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah|Ras Al Khaimah]] and [[Emirate of Sharjah|Sharjah]] || a large red rectangle on a white field.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00007c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (121/261) |date=4 June 1932 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=121}}</ref><ref name="TC12">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00003c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (57/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=57}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x000074 |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (113/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=113}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-ras.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-sha.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.svg|border|150px]] || 1820–present || Flag of [[Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah|Ras Al Khaimah]] and [[Emirate of Sharjah|Sharjah]] || a large red rectangle on a white field.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00007c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (121/261) |date=4 June 1932 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=121}}</ref><ref name="TC12">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00003c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (57/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=57}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x000074 |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (113/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=113}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-ras.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-sha.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Umm al-Qaiwain.svg|border|150px]] || 1820-Today || Flag of [[Emirate of Umm Al Quwain|Umm Al Quwain]] || a red field with a white bar at the hoist and a large white [[star and crescent]] in the center.<ref name="Hawley 19702">Hawley, Donald. "The Trucial States". Twayne Publishers, New York, 1970. pp. 326-7.</ref><ref name="TC13">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00003c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (57/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=57}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Umm al-Qaiwain (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-umm.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
| [[File:Flag of Umm al-Qaiwain.svg|border|150px]] || 1820–present || Flag of [[Emirate of Umm Al Quwain|Umm Al Quwain]] || a red field with a white bar at the hoist and a large white [[star and crescent]] in the center.<ref name="Hawley 1970-2"/><ref name="TC13">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x00003c |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [61r] (57/261) |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers |page=57}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Umm al-Qaiwain (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae-umm.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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==Historical Flags==
==Historical flags==


===Under Persian Rule===
===Under Persian Rule===
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! colspan="4" |Pre-Islamic Persia
! colspan="4" |Pre-Islamic Persia
|-
|-
| [[File:Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg|border|150px]] || 559-529 BC || Standard of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] || Also Called [[Shahbaz (bird)|Derafsh Sahbaz]], It was the Standard of [[Cyrus the Great]] , founder of the [[Achaemenid Empire]].
| [[File:Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg|border|150px]] || 559–529 BC || Standard of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] || Also Called [[Shahbaz (bird)|Derafsh Sahbaz]], It was the Standard of [[Cyrus the Great]], founder of the [[Achaemenid Empire]].
|-
|-
| [[File:Derafsh_Kaviani_flag_of_the_late_Sassanid_Empire.svg|border|150px]] || 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 [[Zahhak|Zahak]] and the beginning of the [[Fereydun|Fereydon]]'s kingdom and [[Pishdadian dynasty]].
| [[File:Derafsh_Kaviani_flag_of_the_late_Sassanid_Empire.svg|border|150px]] || 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 [[Zahhak|Zahak]] and the beginning of the [[Fereydun|Fereydon]]'s kingdom and [[Pishdadian dynasty]].
|-
|-
! colspan="4" |Islamic Persia
! colspan="4" |Islamic Persia
|-
|-
| [[File:Buyid Dynasty flag.png|border|150px]] || 945-1055 || Banner of the [[Buyid dynasty]] || 4 green [[Tug (banner)|sulde]] suspended on a staff.
| || 945–1055 || Banner of the [[Buyid dynasty]] || 4 green [[Tug (banner)|sulde]] suspended on a staff.
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Seljuk.png|border|150px]] || 1037-1194 || Flag of the [[Seljuk Empire]] || a blue field with a white [[Double-headed eagle]] and a black [[Bow and arrow]] in the center.
| [[File:Flag of the Seljuk.png|border|150px]] || 1037–1194 || Flag of the [[Seljuk Empire]] || a blue field with a white [[Double-headed eagle]] and a black [[Bow and arrow]] in the center.
|}
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! colspan="4" |Emirates
! colspan="4" |Emirates
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| [[File:شعار دولة بني خالد.jpg|border|150px]] || 1417-1520 || Flag of The [[Jabrids|Jabrids Emirate]] || A red field with a white symbol in the center and a white Arabic script upwards.
| [[File:Flag of Bani Khalid Emirate.svg|border|150px]] || 1417–1520 || Flag of The [[Jabrids|Jabrids Emirate]] || A red field with a white symbol in the center and a white Arabic script upwards.
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| [[File:Flag of the Emirate of Riyadh (1902-1913).svg|border|150px]] || 1727–1818<br/>1822–1891 || Flag of the [[Emirate of Diriyah]] and The [[Emirate of Nejd]] || A Green Field with a White Stripe on the fly and an Arabic script written in white in the center.
| [[File:Flag of the Emirate of Riyadh (1902-1913).svg|border|150px]] || 1727–1818<br/>1822–1891 || Flag of the [[Emirate of Diriyah]] and The [[Emirate of Nejd]] || A Green Field with a White Stripe on the fly and an Arabic script written in white in the center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saudi_Arabia.htm#Nejd |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vexilla Mundi |url=http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/saudi_arabia_history_nejd.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.vexilla-mundi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Neged |url=http://www.rbvex.it/asiapag/neged.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.rbvex.it}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1495).svg|border|150px]] || 1508–1521 || Flag of The [[Kingdom of Portugal]] || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1495).svg|border|150px]] || 1508–1521 || Flag of The [[Kingdom of Portugal]] || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1521).svg|border|150px]] || 1521-1578 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1521).svg|border|150px]] || 1521–1578 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1578).svg|border|150px]] || 1578–1640 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1578).svg|border|150px]] || 1578–1640 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1616).svg|border|150px]] || 1616-1640 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Putative) || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1616).svg|border|150px]] || 1616–1640 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Putative) || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
|-
|-
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1640).svg|border|150px]] || 1640-1650 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
| [[File:Flag of Portugal (1640).svg|border|150px]] || 1640–1650 || Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal || White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle.
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! colspan="4" |Iberian Union
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| [[File:Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg|border|150px]] || 1580–1640 || Flag of The [[Iberian Union]] || A red [[saltire]] resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
| [[File:Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg|border|150px]] || 1580–1640 || Flag of The [[Iberian Union]] || A red [[saltire]] resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
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|-
| [[File:Estandarte Real de Felipe II.svg|border|150px]] || 1580–1640 || Banner of Arms of The Iberian Union || the heraldry of the [[House of Austria]] (with the [[Coat of arms of Portugal|arms of Portugal]]).
| [[File:Estandarte Real de Felipe II.svg|border|150px]] || 1580–1640 || Banner of Arms of The Iberian Union || the heraldry of the [[House of Austria]] (with the [[Coat of arms of Portugal|arms of Portugal]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Standards 1580-1700 (Spain) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/es_r1580.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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|-
| [[File:Estandarte real de 1580-1668.svg|border|150px]] || 1580–1640 || Royal Flag of The Iberian Union || A red field with the royal arms in the center.
| [[File:Estandarte real de 1580-1668.svg|border|150px]] || 1580–1640 || Royal Flag of The Iberian Union || A red field with the royal arms in the center.
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! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
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|-
| [[File:Flag of The Imamate of Oman.svg|border|150px]] || 1650-1783 || Flag of the [[Imamate of Oman]] || A White Field with The Royal Emblem in the canton.
| [[File:Flag of The Imamate of Oman.svg|border|150px]] || 1650–1783 || Flag of the [[Imamate of Oman]] || A White Field with The Royal Emblem in the canton.
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|-
| [[File:Om 1958.gif|border|150px]] || 1696–1783 || Flag of the [[Omani Empire]] || A White Field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.
| [[File:Flag of the Omani Empire.svg|border|150px]] || 1696–1783 || Flag of the [[Omani Empire]] || A White Field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.
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! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
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| [[File:Red flag.svg|border|150px]] || 1783-1820 || Flag of the [[Hinawi]] (the [[Bani Yas]] – Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and Fujairah) and [[Ghafiri]] (Umm Al Quwain and Ajman) tribal confederations || a simple red field.
| [[File:Red flag.svg|border|150px]] || 1783–1820 || Flag of the [[Hinawi]] (the [[Bani Yas]] – Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and Fujairah) and [[Ghafiri]] (Umm Al Quwain and Ajman) tribal confederations || a simple red field.
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| [[File:Qawasim Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 1783-1820 || 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.
| [[File:Qawasim Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 1783–1820 || 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-30 |title=Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [57r] (113/261) |url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042699662.0x000074 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Qatar Digital Library |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="width:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
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| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|border|150px]] || 1820-1971 || Flag of The United Kingdom || A superimposition of the flags of [[England]] and [[Scotland]] with the [[Saint Patrick's Flag|Saint Patrick's Saltire]] (representing [[Ireland]]).
| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|border|150px]] || 1820–1971 || Flag of the United Kingdom || A superimposition of the flags of [[England]] and [[Scotland]] with the [[Saint Patrick's Flag|Saint Patrick's Saltire]] (representing [[Ireland]]).
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| [[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg|border|150px]] || 1880–1947 || Flag of [[British Raj|British India]] || A [[Red Ensign]] with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the [[Star of India (flag)#Emblem|Star of India emblem]] displayed in the fly.
| [[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg|border|150px]] || 1880–1947 || Flag of [[British Raj|British India]] || A [[Red Ensign]] with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the [[Star of India (flag)#Emblem|Star of India emblem]] displayed in the fly.
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| [[File:Flag of the Trucial States (1968–1971).svg|border|150px]] || 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.
| [[File:Flag of the Trucial States (1968–1971).svg|border|150px]] || 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trucial States Council until 1971 (United Arab Emirates) |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ae_tsc.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.fotw.info}}</ref>
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[[Category:Lists and galleries of flags]]
[[Category:Lists and galleries of flags]]
[[Category:United Arab Emirates-related lists|Flags]]
[[Category:United Arab Emirates-related lists|Flags]]
[[Category:National symbols of the United Arab Emirates|Flags]]

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

National flag

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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

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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 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.

Military flags

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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

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Flag Date Use Description
1820–present Flag of Abu Dhabi a red field with a white rectangle at the canton.[9][10][11]
1820–present Flag of Ajman and Dubai a red field with a white bar at the hoist.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
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 and Sharjah a large red rectangle on a white field.[22][23][24][25][26]
1820–present 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

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Under Persian Rule

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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.
1037–1194 Flag of the Seljuk Empire a blue field with a white Double-headed eagle and a black Bow and arrow in the center.

Under Arab Rule

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Flag Date Use Description
Caliphates
651–661
750–934		 Flag of The Rashidun and Abbasid Caliphates A Simple Black Field.
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
1822–1891		 Flag of the Emirate of Diriyah and The Emirate of Nejd A Green Field with a White Stripe on the fly and an Arabic script written in white in the center.[29][30][31]

Under Portuguese Rule

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

Under Omani Rule

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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

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Flag Date Use Description
1783–1820 Flag of the Hinawi (the Bani Yas – Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and Fujairah) and Ghafiri (Umm Al Quwain and Ajman) tribal confederations a simple red field.
1783–1820 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

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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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of the United Arab Emirates.

References

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  2. ^ "History of the United Arab Emirates Flag". flagdom.com. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
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  11. ^ "Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  12. ^ a b Hawley, Donald. "The Trucial States". Twayne Publishers, New York, 1970. pp. 326-7.
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