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The following is a list of flags, banners and standards used in Bahrain.
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The following is a list of flags, banners and standards used in Bahrain.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2002–present | Flag of Bahrain | A white field on the hoist side separated from a larger red field on the fly by five white triangles in the form of a zigzag pattern. |
 | 2002–present | Flag of Bahrain (vertical) |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2002–present | Royal flag of Bahrain | Similar to the national flag but with two white stripes and a golden crown placed in the canton. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1968–present | Flag of the Bahrain Defence Force | A green field with the national flag in the canton defaced with the emblem of the defence force. |
 | 1979–present | Flag of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force | A blue field with the emblem of the royal naval force in the center. |
 | 1977–present | Flag of the Royal Bahraini Air Force | A grey field with the emblem of the royal air force in the center. |
 | 1969–present | Flag of the Royal Bahraini Army | A green field with the national flag in the canton defaced with the emblem of the royal army. |
 | 1968–present | Flag of the Royal Guard of Bahrain | A red field with a green triangle upwards and the emblem of the royal guard in the center and an Arabic calligraphy below. |
 | 1968–present | Flag of the Bahrain Defence Force's Royal Medical Services | a dark red field with the emblem of the royal medical services in the center. |
 | 1997–present | Flag of the National Guard of Bahrain | A green field with the emblem of the national guard in the center. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2002–present | Flag of the Capital Governorate | A white field with the emblem of the Capital Governorate in the center. |
 | 2002–present | Flag of the Muharraq Governorate | A white field with the emblem of the Muharraq Governorate in the center. |
 | 2002–present | Flag of the Southern Governorate | A white field with the emblem of the Southern Governorate in the center. |
 | 2002–present | Flag of the Northern Governorate | A white field with the emblem of the Northern Governorate in the center. |
 | 2002–2014 | Flag of the Central Governorate | A white field with the emblem of the Central Governorate in the center. |
| 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 is 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. |
| Post-Islamic Persia | |||
| 945–1055 | Banner of the Buyid dynasty | Four green sulde suspended on a staff. | |
 | 1002–1031 | First standard of the Ghaznavid dynasty | |
 | 1031–1186 | Second standard of the Ghaznavid dynasty | |
 | 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. |
 | 1097–1231 | Flag of the Khwarazmian Empire | |
 | 1258–1432 | Flag of the Ilkhanate | A scarlet square on a golden field. |
 | 1384–1405 | Flag of the Timurid Empire | |
 | 1405–1502 | Flag of the Timurid Empire | |
 | 1502–1521 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty | |
 | 1602–1736 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty | |
 | 1736–1747 | Standard of Nader Shah | |
 | 1747–1751 | Flag of the Afsharid dynasty | |
 | 1751–1783 | Flag of the Zand dynasty | |
| 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. |
| 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). [1] |
 | 1580–1640 | Royal flag of the Iberian Union | A red field with the royal arms in the center. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1670–1783 | 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. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-British rule | |||
 | 1783–1820 | Flag of Bahrain | A simple red field |
 | 1820–1861 | Flag of Bahrain | A red field with a white stripe off-centered towards the hoist. |
| Post-British rule | |||
 | 1971–1972 | Flag of Bahrain | A white field on the hoist side separated from a larger red field on the fly by twenty-eight white triangles in the form of a zigzag pattern. |
 | 1972–2002 | Flag of Bahrain | A white field on the hoist side separated from a larger red field on the fly by eight white triangles in the form of a zigzag pattern. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1861–1971 | 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 Council of Trucial Oman | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and red with a green seven-pointed star in the center. |
| | 1861–1932 | Flag of Bahrain | A red field with a white stripe off-centered towards the hoist. |
| | 1932–1971 | Flag of Bahrain | A white field on the hoist side separated from a larger red field on the fly by twenty-eight white triangles in the form of a zigzag pattern. |
The Hawar Islands are an archipelago of desert islands; all but one are owned by Bahrain, while the southern, small, and uninhabited Jinan Island is administered by Qatar as part of its Al-Shahaniya municipality. The archipelago is situated off the west coast of Qatar in the Gulf of Bahrain of the Persian Gulf.
The national flag of Qatar is in the ratio of 11:28. It is maroon with a broad white serrated band on the hoist side. It was adopted shortly before the country declared independence from the United Kingdom on 3 September 1971.
Gulf Air is the flag carrier of Bahrain, which was founded in 1950 by British pilot Freddie Bosworth as Gulf Aviation. Headquartered in Muharraq, the airline operates scheduled flights to 59 destinations in 28 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe. The airline's main hub is at Bahrain International Airport.
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa was a Bahraini royal and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bahrain from 10 January 1970 until his death in 2020. He took office over a year before Bahrain's independence on 15 August 1971. He was the longest-serving prime minister in the world. Under the 2002 Constitution he lost some of his powers, with the King now having the authority to appoint and dismiss ministers.
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The current coat of arms of Bahrain was originally designed in 1932 by Charles Belgrave, the British adviser to the then-Shaikh of Bahrain. The design has undergone slight modifications since then, namely in 1971 and 2002, when mantling and the indentations of the chief were modified respectively, but the influence of the original design is still clearly visible in the modern blazon. The most recent modification happened in 2022 when King Hamad Al-Khalifa issued a decree-law adding the royal crown to the national emblem.
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This gallery of head of state standards shows the Presidential or Royal Standards, a flag that is related to the head of state of that country.
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