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→‎National Flag: Saudi Arabia announced slight changes to its national flag in celebration of its first flag day. These changes include a tilted sword guard, more diacritics and decorations to the Shahada, and darkening the color green. Here’s the official website: https://saudiflag.sa/en The image of the flag from the website: https://cms.saudiflag.sa/uploads/flag_cb4beab1dd.jpg The flag guidelines (in Arabic): https://cms.saudiflag.sa/uploads/aldlyl_alirshady_lastkhdam_elm_almmlkt_alerb...
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{{Short description|List of flags of Saudi Arabia}}
The following is a list of Flags used in [[Saudi Arabia]]. For more information about the national flag, see the [[Flag of Saudi Arabia]].
 
==National Flag==
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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 Saudi Arabia.svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Flag of Saudi Arabia || A green field with the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white above a horizontal sword, having its tip pointed to the left.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Saudi Arabia: Facts and figures |url=http://www.saudiembassy.net/about/country-information/facts_and_figures/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417231457/http://www.saudiembassy.net/about/country-information/facts_and_figures/ |archive-date=2012-04-17 |access-date=2016-08-05 |publisher=The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Eriksen |first=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlhbERCCqzUC&q=saudi+flag+sword+symbolises&pg=PA171 |title=Flag, Nation and Symbolism in Europe and America |author2=Jenkins, Richard |year=2007 |isbn=9780415444040 |page=171 |publisher=Routledge |access-date=3 October 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.fotw.info/flags/sa.html#rev Saudi Arabia: The Reverse of the Flag], FOTW Flags Of The World, 3 June 2019. Accessed 2 May 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/maplib/countinfo-flags-sub8.htm UN Map Library]</ref><ref name="FOTW">[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sa.html Saudi Arabia], FOTW Flags Of The World, 19 January 2008. Accessed 13 May 2009.</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of Saudi Arabia (Hanging).svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Vertical Flag of Saudi Arabia ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sa.html#ver |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref>
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| [[File:Royal Standard of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Royal Flag of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. (Ratio: 2:3) || A green field with the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white above a horizontal sword, having its tip pointed to the left with the royal emblem on the fly side.
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| [[File:Royal Standard of the Crown Prince of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Royal Standard of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. (Ratio: 1:1) || A Green Field with the silver royal emblem in the center.
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| [[File:Royal Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1953).svg|border|150px]] || 1938–1953 || Royal Flag of the King of Saudi Arabia. (Ratio: 2:3) || A green field with the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white above 2 crossed swords.
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| [[File:Civil Ensign of Saudi Arabia.svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Civil Ensign of Saudi Arabia (reverse) ||
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| [[File:Flag of the Royal Saudi Land Forces.pngsvg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Flag of The Royal [[Saudi Arabian Army]] ||
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| [[File:Chief of General Staff flag of the Saudi Armed Forces.svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || War Flag of The Royal Saudi Arabian Army ||
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| [[File:Flag of the Airborne Units and Special Security Forces.svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Flag of The Airborne Units and Special Security Forces ||
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| [[File:Flag of the Artillery Corps (RSLF).svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Flag of The Saudi ArtillerryArtillery Corps ||
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| [[File:Flag of the Armored Corps Command (Saudi Arabia).svg|border|150px]] || 1973–''present'' || Flag of The Saudi Armored Corps Command ||
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| [[File:Red flag.svg|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The red standard that used by Amr ibn al-As and later by the Kharijites || A simple red field
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| [[File:Ansar Flag (4).png|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The [[Ansar (militaryIslam)|Ansars]] flag ||
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| [[File:Quraysh Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The [[Quraysh]] flag ||
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| [[File:Quraysh Liwa' (6).png|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The Quraysh second flag ||
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| [[File:Quraysh Flag (5).png|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The Quraysh third flag ||
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| [[File:Banu Taym Allah Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The [[Banu Taym|Taym tribe]] flag ||
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| [[File:Banu Thaqif Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The Thaqif tribe flag ||
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| [[File:Hadramawt Flag (17).png|border|150px]] || 632–661 || The flag of the tribes from Hadhramawt ||
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| [[File:RashidunUmayyad Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 632–661622–632<br />661–750<br />909–1171 || GreenWhite was the dynastic color of the [[RashidunUmayyad Caliphate]] and of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] aswell as the standard flag of the [[Prophet Mohammed]]<ref name="sunnah.com">https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:2818 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> || A Greenwhite Fieldfield.
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| [[File:Umayyad Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 661–750<br/>909–1171 || White was the dynastic color of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] and of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] || A White Field.
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| [[File:Abbasid banner.svg|border|150px]] || 622–632<br />750–1258<br />1261–1517 || Black flag of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] and aswell the flag of the [[Prophet Mohammed]]<ref name="sunnah.com"/>|| A Blackblack Fieldfield.
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| [[File:Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg|border|150px]] || 1171–1260/1341 || Flag of The [[Ayyubid dynasty]] of Egypt || A Simplesimple Goldengolden Fieldfield.
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| [[File:Saladin's Standard.svg|border|150px]] || 1174–1193 || [[Eagle of Saladin|Saladin's personal standard]] || A Goldengolden Fieldfield with a Redred Doubledouble-Headedheaded Eagleeagle in the Centercenter.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rabbat |first=Nasser O. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Ep8I5jCD8QC&pg=PA24 |title=The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mameluk Architecture |date=1995 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-10124-1 |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[File:Mameluke Flag.svg|border|150px]] || 1250–1517 || Flag of The [[Mamluk Sultanate]] of Egypt || A Goldengolden Fieldfield with a Whitewhite Crescentcrescent Moonmoon off-centered toward the hoist.
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| [[File:Flag of Ottoman Empire (1517-1793).png|border|150px]] || 1517–1793 || Flag of The [[Ottoman Empire]] || Red field with a Greengreen Discdisc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc.
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| [[File:Flag of the Emirate of Riyadh (1902-1913).svg|border|150px]] || 1744–1818<br />1822–1891<br />1902–1913 || Flag of the [[Emirate of Diriyah]], The [[Emirate of Nejd]] and The [[Emirate of Riyadh]] || A Greengreen Fieldfield with a Whitewhite Stripestripe on the fly and a 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=2022-04-19 |website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vexilla Mundi |url=http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/saudi_arabia_history_nejd.html |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=www.vexilla-mundi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Neged |url=http://www.rbvex.it/asiapag/neged.html |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=www.rbvex.it}}</ref><ref name="merged1">{{cite tweet |author=دارة الملك عبدالعزيز |user=Darahfoundation |number=1175032397777317889 |date=20 September 2019 |title=#انفوجرافيك_الدارة {{!}}{{!}} ( العلم السعودي ) 🇸🇦 #دارة_الملك_عبدالعزيز #اليوم_الوطني #همة_حتى_القمه https://t.co/YBsjgPKuuz |trans-title=# Infographic_Darah {{!}}{{!}} (Saudi flag) 🇸🇦 #King_Abdulaziz_Dara #National_Day #Himma_Til_Qumma |language=ar |access-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925182437/https://twitter.com/darahfoundation/status/1175032397777317889 |archive-date=25 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg|border|150px]] || 1793–1844 || Flag of The Ottoman Empire || A Redred Fieldfield with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star.
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| [[File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg|border|150px]] || 1844–1916 || Flag of The Ottoman Empire || A Redred Fieldfield with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star.
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| [[File:Flag of the Emirate of Ha'il.svg|border|150px]] || 1835–1921 || Flag of the [[Emirate of Jabal Shammar]] || A Redred Fieldfield Withwith a Largelarge Goldengolden Crescentcrescent Moonmoon and a 8-pointed star.
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| [[File:Flag of the Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1909-1927).svg|border|150px]] || 1909–1927 || Flag of the [[Idrisid Emirate of Asir]] || A Greengreen Fieldfield with a Whitewhite spiked border and a Arabic script written in white in the center.
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| [[File:Flag of the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa.svg|border|150px]] || 1913–1921 || Flag of the [[Emirate of Nejd and Hasa]] || A Greengreen Fieldfield with a Whitewhite Stripestripe on the fly, a Arabic script written in Arabic in white in the center and 2 crossed swords.<ref name="merged1"/>
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| [[File:Red flag.svg|border|150px]] || 1916–1917 || Provisional Flag of the [[Kingdom of Hejaz]] || A simple Redred Fieldfield.
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| [[File:Flag of Upper Asir.svg|border|150px]] || 1916–1920 || Flag of the [[Sheikdom of Upper Asir]] || A white field with a blue crescent moon in the canton and a Arabic script written in blue in the center.
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| [[File:Flag of Hejaz 1917.svg|border|150px]] || 1917–1920 || Flag of The [[Kingdom of Hejaz]] || A horizontal triband of black, green and white;, with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
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| [[File:Flag of Hejaz 1920.svg|border|150px]] || 1920–1926<br />1924–1925 || Flag of The Kingdom of Hejaz and The [[Sharifian Caliphate]] || A horizontal triband of black, white and green;, with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
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| [[File:Flag of the Sultanate of Nejd.svg|border|150px]] || 1921–1926 || Flag of the [[Sultanate of Nejd]] || A Greengreen Fieldfield with a Whitewhite Stripestripe on the fly, a Arabic script written in white in the center and a horizontal sword, having its tip pointed to the left.<ref name="merged1"/>
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| [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.svg|border|150px]] || 1926–1932 || Flag of Nejd as part of the [[Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd]] || A Greengreen Fieldfield with a Whitewhite Stripestripe on the fly, a Arabic script written in white in the center above a horizontal sword, having its tip pointed to the left and above another arabic script.<ref name="merged1"/>
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| [[File:Flag of the Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1927-1930).svg|border|150px]] || 1927–1930 || Flag of the Idrisid Emirate of Asir || A Greengreen Fieldfield with an Arabic script written in white in the center.
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| [[File:Flag of Saudi Arabia (1932–1934).svg|border|150px]] || 1932–1934 || Flag of Saudi Arabia || A green flag with arabicArabic [[Shahada]] with the sword with white stripe on the hoist.
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| [[File:Flag of Saudi Arabia (1934–1938).svg|border|150px]] || 1934–1938 || Flag of Saudi Arabia || A green flag with arabicArabic [[Shahada]] with the sword with a thinner white stripe.
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| [[File:Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938–1973).svg|border|150px]] || 1938–1973 || Flag of Saudi Arabia || A green flag with arabicArabic [[Shahada]] with the sword with no stripe.
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* [http://www.flags.net/SAAR.htm Saudi Arabian flag and associated information]
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