The Flag Company Inc And Bahrain Flag History

By Patric Guard


The Kingdom of Bahrain is actually an archipelago of 33 islands in the Arabian Gulf that has been inhabited by humans since prehistoric times. Around 5000 years ago Bahrain was home to the Bronze Age civilization of Dilmun, which lasted some two millennia. Since then Bahrain has been occupied alternately by Babylonians, Sumerians, Greeks, Persians, Portuguese, and Turks, among others.

Known in ancient times as Dilmun, Bahrain was an important center of trade by the 3rd millennium B.C. The islands were ruled by the Persians in the 4th century A.D., and then by Arabs until 1541, when the Portuguese invaded them. Persia again claimed Bahrain in 1602.

The southern coast of the Persian Gulf was characterized by extensive warfare and piracy for many centuries. In 1820, the British were finally successful in enforcing peace on the local Arab states. The General Treaty of Peace signed at that time provided that those territories on friendly terms with the United Kingdom should include a white border on the plain red flags they previously had flown.

A few nations, including Bahrain, decreased the white outskirt to a tight segment of white. Red was picked in light of the fact that it was the customary shade of the Kharijite sect of Islam, which controlled that part of the Arabian Peninsula; white was a decent differentiating colour.

It is not known precisely when the initially red-white banner of Bahrain was set up. The acknowledgement was given to the banner in 1933 affected by the British counsel Charles Belgrave. The banner had been being used much sooner than that. After the British started to pull back from the Middle East, Bahrain was perceived as a free state on August 15, 1971, and the nation's first banner law got to be compelling August 19, 1972.

For three decades, the dividing line between the flag's white and red was displayed either as a straight line or as a serrated line, although the latter was more common. On February 14, 2002, the current flag design was adopted, specifying that the dividing line must be serrated into five white triangles. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history for the future.




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