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Flag Date Use Description 1980–present: Iran State flag and National flag: A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the national emblem in red centred on the white band and the Takbir written in the Kufic script in white, repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band, for a total of 22 times on the fringe of the bands.
The "black flag of jihad" as used by jihadist militants since around the late 1990s.In Ali Soufan's book The Black Banners, he explains the title by noting that quotes from various Hadiths regarding "Black Banners" of a "new army" taking over Khorasan have some kind of prophetic significance with many modern adherents of extremist jihadism.
Islamic tradition states that the Quraysh had a black liwāʾ and a white-and-black rāya. [4] It further states that Muhammad had an ʿalam in white nicknamed "the Young Eagle" (العقاب, al-ʿuqāb); and a rāya in black, said to be made from his wife Aisha's head-cloth. [5] This larger flag was known as the Eagle. [6]
The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as the Tricolour Flag of Iran (پرچم سهرنگ ایران), is a tricolour featuring the Pan-Iranian colors comprising equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national emblem in red centred on the white band and the takbir written 11 times each in the Kufic script in white, at the bottom of the green and the ...
1.1 Flag. 1.2 Emblem. 1.3 Anthem. 2 Unofficial symbols. ... Cypress is considered the national tree of iran (abarkuh in Iran is the oldest Cypress tree in the world)
Flag of the Mandatory Syrian Republic and Syrian Republic (1946–1963) 1963–1972: Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic: 1968–1971: Flag of the Trucial States: 1918–1923: Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen: 1923–1927: 1927–1962: 1962–1990: Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic: 1379–1967: Flag of the Kathiri Sultanate of Hadhramaut ...
Typically the difference between the two is where the flag is being flown. Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land, at least in the U.S.
Flag of Iran See also: List of Iranian flags: Adopted in July 1980, the flag of Iran consists of a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red; the country's national emblem ("Allah") in red is centered on the white band; and the takbir (as written in the Kufic script) is written 11 times on each band in white. 2008 – Flag of Iraq