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The flag of Saudi Arabia is the flag used by the government of Saudi Arabia since March 15, 1973. It is a green flag featuring in white an Arabic inscription and a sword. Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ... Image File history File links FIAV_011011. ... Image File history File links IFIS_Sinister. ... Image File history File links IFIS_Two-sided. ... Image File history File links IFIS_Vertical_rotated. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links FIAV_000100. ... Image File history File links IFIS_Sinister. ... Image File history File links IFIS_Two-sided. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links IFIS_Sinister. ... Image File history File links IFIS_Two-sided. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Inscriptions are words or letters written, engraved, painted, or otherwise traced on a surface and can appear in contexts both small and monumental. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The script on the flag is written in the Thuluth script. It is the shahada or Islamic declaration of faith: Thuluth (Arabic: Ø«Ù„Ø« one-third) is a script variety of Arabic calligraphy, which made its first appearance in the fourth century of the Hegira (11th century AD). ... There is also a town called Shāhāda, which is now in Nandurbār district (formerly in Dhule district) in the northwest corner of Maharashtra state in India. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

The sword, symbolising the victories of Ibn Saud, is underneath the inscription. Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... `Abd al-`AzÄ«z as-Sa`Å«d ( 1880 - November 9, 1953) (Arabic:Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ø²ÙŠØ² Ø¢Ù„ Ø³Ø¹ÙˆØ¯) was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. ...

Green flags bearing this or other Arabic scripts are frequently seen in Islam and should not be confused with the Saudi national flag. These other flags normally do not bear the sword symbol. The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and others. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

The flag is manufactured with differing obverse and reverse sides, to ensure the shahada reads correctly, from right to left, from either side. The sword points from hoist to fly on both sides. The flag is sinister hoisted, meaning that the obverse side (front) has the hoist side (flagpole side) to the right. The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings, and is hence a form of jargon. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings, and is hence a form of jargon. ...

[edit] Use

Because the shahada is considered holy the flag is not normally used on T-shirts or other items. Saudi Arabia protested against its inclusion on a planned football to be issued by FIFA, bearing all the flags of the participants of the 2002 Football World Cup. Saudi officials said that kicking the creed with the foot was completely unacceptable. Similarly, an attempt by the US military to win favour with children of the Prost region of Afghanistan by distributing footballs adorned with flags, including that of Saudi Arabia, ended in demonstrations ^[1]. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... This article is about an international football organization. ... (Redirected from 2002 Football World Cup) The 2002 Football World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...

The normal flag cannot be hoisted vertically according to Saudi legislation. Special vertical flags are manufactured where both the inscription (the creed) and the emblem (the sword) are rotated, although this is rare as most Arab countries lack the tradition of hoisting flags vertically. [1]

[edit] History

A green flag with the shahada has been connected with the Wahhabi reformist movement since the 18th century. This movement was associated with the Al Saud family's rise to power, and when Abdulaziz ibn Abdulrahman as-Saud became King of the Nejd in 1902, he added a sword to this flag. The flag has been used since then, although prior to the official adoption on the March 15, 1973, variants with two swords and/or a white vertical stripe at the hoist were also seen with the light green and white Islamic color design scheme. Wahhabism (sometimes spelled Wahabbism or Wahabism) is a movement of Islam named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792). ... The House of Saud ( translit: ) is the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ... Najd (Nejd) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nations capital, Riyadh. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ...

[edit] Past Flags

The precursor states to Saudi Arabia were Nejd and Hejaz. The state flag of Nejd followed today's Saudi flag pattern very closely. The state of Hijaz followed the patterns seen in countries like Western Sahara and Sudan. A possible solution to the FIFA flag controversy could had been to use Hejaz's last flag or one of Nejd's from the early 20th century. From 1744 a crescent was present. From 1902 until 1921 a different Arabic inscription was used. Najd (Nejd) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nations capital, Riyadh. ... Map with the region outlined in red and the 1923 Kingdom in green â€œHedjazâ€ redirects here. ... This article is about an international football organization. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

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The civil ensign, for use by merchant vessels at sea, is a green flag with the state flag in the canton with a white border. The royal standard is the state flag with the palm tree and swords in the canton. The civil ensign (a. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings, and is hence a form of jargon. ...

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