Pan-Arabic colors
As a pan-Arab colors refers to the colors white, black, green and red, in the flags of most Arab states occur in different combinations and weightings.
history
The colors originally go back to the "Arab Revolutionary Flag" from 1916, which was introduced by the King of the Hejaz , Hussein ibn Ali . One is on display at the Martyrs' Memorial , a history museum in Amman . The colors green, white and black were introduced three years earlier by Arabs who opposed Ottoman rule.
The colors black and white are the colors of the prophet Mohammed , green his favorite color and symbol of the Islamic faith.
In the flag were the colors for the three Arab dynasties of the Umayyads (white), Abbassids (black) and Fatimids (green). Red was added as the color of the Sherifs of Mecca and the Hashimites of King Hussein himself.
In this flag the colors had the following meaning:
- White: Our actions
- Black: Our fight
- Green: Our fields
- Red: our swords
Based on this flag, the Arab liberation flag was created in Egypt in 1952 . Since the formation of the United Arab Republic in 1958, it has been the template for some Arab national flags and expresses independence from British foreign rule:
- Black represents the years of oppression
- White symbolizes the bright future
- Red represents the blood that was shed in order to achieve the goals in battle
- Green (not yet present in the original Arab liberation flag) is the color of the prophet and is usually shown as one or more stars
distribution
Flags with the pan- arabic colors in the arab world
Arab Liberation Flag from 1952; Flag of Libya (1969–1972) and flag of Yemen (since 1990)
Flags modeled on the Arab revolutionary flag
Flag of Palestine (since 1948), the Ba'ath Party and the flag of the Kingdom of Hejaz (approx. 1920–1926), Transjordan (1921–1928) and the Arab Federation (1958)
Flag of Jordan
(since 1928)
Flag of Western Sahara (Western Sahara politically not recognized by the UN); Back like back of the flag of Palestine
Flag of the United Arab Emirates
(since 1971) and Fujairah (since 1975)
Flag of Syria
(1932–58 and 1961–63)
Kingdom of Syria
(1920)
British mandate Mesopotamia and later the Kingdom of Iraq
(1920–1956)
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Flags modeled on the Arab liberation flag
Flag of North Yemen (1962–1990)
Flag of South Yemen (1967-1990, 1994)
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1972, from 1961 only in Egypt ), since 1980 flag of Syria again
Flag of the United Arab Republic from 1963, in Syria until 1972, in Iraq until 1991
Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1977); in Libya until 1977, in Syria until 1980, in Egypt until 1984
Flag of the Arab Islamic Republic (1973)
Flag of Egypt (since 1984)
Flag of Iraq (since 2008)
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Combinations
Flag of Sudan (since 1970)
Flag of Kuwait (since 1961)
Flag of Libya (1951-1969 and since 2011)
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See also
literature
- Whitney Smith : The Signs of Men and Peoples. Our world in flags and banners. German adaptation by Ottfried Neubecker . Reich, Luzern 1975, ISBN 3-7243-0115-4 .
