The Coat of arms of Kuwait was adopted in 1962 and it consists of the shield of the flag design in color superimposed on a falcon with wings displayed. The falcon supports a disk containing a sailing ship (dhow) with the full name of the State written (in Arabic) at the top of the disk. Also there is the Flag of Kuwait at the bottom of the shield. Image File history File links Kuwait_coa. ... Image File history File links Kuwait_coa. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... A Dhow near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Kuwait was adopted on September 7, 1961. ...

The dhow is a symbol of the maritime tradition of the country and is also found in the national coats of arms of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The falcon is a symbol of the Banu Quraish line, to which the prophet Muhammad belonged and is likewise found in many coats of arms of the Arabian Peninsula. Quraish (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ) is one of the tribes of Arabia during Muhammads era, a Meccan tribe that the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to before he received the revelations of Islam. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The coat of arms replaced an older emblem with a falcon and two crossed flags.