Bahrain Flag Origins And The Flag Company Inc

By Barbara Michalson


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.

The Dilmuns were powerful and influential people. Situated along popular trade routes between southern Iraq and India and Pakistan, Dilmun was a center of business, a tradition Bahrain still holds dear as a financial hub of the Middle East. In the fourth century BC, Nearchus, a general in the army of Alexander the Great, explored Bahrain, when it was known by the Greek name Tylos. Greek writer Pliny commented on Tylos̢۪ beautiful pearls in his writing in the first century AD.

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 exactly when the first red-white flag of Bahrain was established. Recognition was given to the flag in 1933 under the influence of the British adviser Charles Belgrave. The flag had been in use long before that, however. After the British began to withdraw from the Middle East, Bahrain was recognized as an independent state on August 15, 1971, and the country's first flag law became effective August 19, 1972.

For three decades, the isolating line between the banner's white and red was shown either as a straight line or as a serrated line. On February 14, 2002, the present banner outline was received, indicating that the partitioning line must be serrated into five white triangles. Flag Company Inc decided to assist with the history development by providing special decals and banners to make it easy to build a bit of history right at home.




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