Kuwait: Emir's standard

Last modified: 2008-01-19 by ian macdonald
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• Current Emir's standard
• Former Emir's standard (80s)
• Emir's standard, 1956

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• Kuwait

Current Emir's standard

Reportedly, the current Emir's standard is the national Kuwaiti flag with a golden fringe.
Armand Noël du Payrat, 24 November 1998

Former Emir's standard (80s)

image by Željko Heimer

The national flag defaced with the golden Emir's crown in the middle of the green stripe.
Source: Smith (1982) [smi82]

Emir's standard, 1956

image by Jaume Ollé

The 1956 personal flag of Kuwait Emir has a red field, with in the hoist vertical white shahada, and in the fly a big white Arabic writing. I have here a young Kuwaiti midshipman who recognised this as historically correct; the writing means "Kuwait".
Armand Noël du Payrat, 24 November 1998