Bahrain, small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Its name is from the Arabic term al-Bahrayn, meaning “two seas.â€
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 Tylos’ beautiful pearls in his writing in the first century AD.
The southern shoreline of the Persian Gulf was described by broad fighting and theft for a long time. In 1820, the British were effective in implementing peace on the Arab states. The General Treaty of Peace marked gave those regions with the United Kingdom ought to incorporate a white fringe on the plain red flags they already 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.
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 Tylos’ beautiful pearls in his writing in the first century AD.
The southern shoreline of the Persian Gulf was described by broad fighting and theft for a long time. In 1820, the British were effective in implementing peace on the Arab states. The General Treaty of Peace marked gave those regions with the United Kingdom ought to incorporate a white fringe on the plain red flags they already 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.
