National Flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1991-Today | Flag of Kuwait | A horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side. |
The following is a list of flags, standards and banners used in Kuwait.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 1991-Today | Flag of Kuwait | A horizontal triband of green, white and red; with a black trapezium based on the hoist side. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1961-Today | 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] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1956-1961 | Flag of The Emir of Kuwait | [2] |
 | 1940-1956 | Flag of The Emir of Kuwait | |
 | 1921-1940 | Flag of The Emir of Kuwait |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1967-Today | Flag of The Kuwait National Guard | A Horizontal bicolour of green and yellow with the National Guard Emblem in the center. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?-Today | Flag of The Kuwait City | a white field with the emblem of the city in the center. [3] |
| 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. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 632–661 | Flag of The Rashidun | A Simple Green Field. |
 | 698–750 | Flag of The Umayyad Caliphate | A White Field. |
 | 750–945 | Flag of The Abbasid Caliphate | A Simple Black Field. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 945-1055 | Flag of the Buyid dynasty |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1055-1148 | Flag of the Seljuk Empire |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1258-1368 | Battle Flag of The Mongol Empire | A Blue Banner with The Soyombo symbol in the center and 3 red dentated tails on the fly. [4] |
 | 1258-1432 | Flag of The Ilkhanate and The Jalayirid Sultanate | A scarlet square on a golden field. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1432–1468 | Flag of Qara Qoyunlu |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1452-1478 | Flag of Aq Qoyunlu from the period of the Uzun Hasan's reign | [5] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1384–1405 | Flag of the Timurid Empire | |
 | 1405–1502 | Flag of the Timurid Empire |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1521-1533 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1502–1524 | Flag of the Safavid Iran | |
 | 1524–1533 1623-1638 | Flag of the Safavid Iran | [6] |
| 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. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1533-1623 1638-1793 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | Red field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc. |
 | 1793–1844 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star. [7] [8] |
 | 1844–1914 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star. [9] [10] |
| Ottoman Kuwait | |||
 | 1746-1871 | Al-Sulami flag | |
 | 1746-1871 | Al-Sulami flag (Variant) | |
 | 1903 | Diplomatic Flag during the visit of Lord Curzon | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 | |||
 | 1914-1921 | Flag of British Kuwait | [11] [12] |
 | 1921-1940 | Flag of British Kuwait | [11] [12] |
 | 1940-1961 | Flag of British Kuwait | [11] [12] |
| Military Flags | |||
 | 1920 | Battle flag raised during Battle of Jahra in 1920 | [11] [12] |
 | 1956-1961 | Maritime Ensign of Kuwait | [11] [12] |
| 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. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1906 | Proposal Flag for Kuwait | |
 | 1909-1915 | Proposal Flag for Kuwait |
The flag of Kuwait was adopted on September 7, 1961, and officially hoisted November 24, 1961. Before 1961, the flag of Kuwait was red and white, like those of other Persian Gulf states at the time, with the field being red and words or charges being written in white.
Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad Al-Sabah or Jaber III was Emir of Kuwait from 31 December 1977 until his death in 2006.
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 until his death in 2023.
Nasser Al-Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti politician who served as Prime Minister of Kuwait from 7 February 2006 until resigning on 28 November 2011.
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah was the eleventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1961 and the first Emir of the State of Kuwait after the country gained its independence from Great Britain on 19 June 1961.
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Sheikh Abdul Bāqi Miftāh is a Sunni Islamic scholar of Sufism from Guemar, Algeria. He is known for his writings on Ibn al-Arabi.
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Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti politician and military officer who served as the Prime Minister of Kuwait from 24 July 2022 until his resignation on 20 December 2023. He is the eldest son of Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the former Emir of Kuwait.
Snap general elections were held in Kuwait on 6 June 2023 to elect 50 of the 65 members of the National Assembly. The elections took place following the annulment of the results of the 2022 snap elections by the Constitutional Court on 19 March 2023 and the redissolution of the 16th session on 2 May.
