Founding Day | Watch the stages of development of the Saudi flag from the year 1750 AD to the present day

Weather of Arabia - On the anniversary of the founding day, the many stages that the Saudi flag went through in terms of development and modifications over the years come to mind, until we reached the current green flag and the white crescent that flutters in its middle. The Saudi flag fluttered since the first Saudi state and it was called the Emirate of Diriyah between 1750 to 1818 AD.

And with the beginning of the unified king’s journey to Najd and control over it, the founding king, King Abdulaziz, adopted the Saudi flag, as he removed the crescent and replaced it with the word “there is no god but God” on a full green flag and writing the Shahada in white script with a white space to the left of the flag. It is what is known as the flag of the Emirate of Najd since entering Riyadh in 1902 until 1921 AD.

During King Abdulaziz’s trip, he annexed many provinces and became known as the Kingdom of Najd from 1921 until 1926 AD. The flag was changed and the word “There is no god but God” became large on the green area, and the white longitudinal part became to the right of the flag, and the white sword was added below the word of monotheism.

As for the fourth stage of the Saudi flag, the sword was removed and the green flag became surrounded by a white color with the word “Tawheed” in the center in white, as this flag was raised from 1926 until 1932 AD under the name of the Kingdom of Najd and Hijaz, to begin the fifth and important stage in the history of the Saudi flag since the declaration of the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia In 1932 AD, when the flag became completely green, the word of Tawheed was written on it completely in white below the word of Tawheed, the white sword, where the sword ends with the beginning of the word of Tawheed.

The sixth and final phase of the Saudi flag was during the reign of King Faisal in 1973 at the hands of Hafez Wahba, who designed it before and made some minor modifications to the Saudi flag in the sizes of the flag and the word of monotheism, as he changed the beginning and end of the white sword, as the handle became below the beginning of the word of monotheism and ends at its end towards the mast A metaphor for the end of the fighting and has become a symbol of strength and invulnerability.

Flag design

The flag was designed rectangular in shape, its width equal to two-thirds of its length, its floor is green, and in the middle is the phrase “There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God” in the Thuluth script, and below it is an Arab sword, whose grip is directed towards the flagpole.

Suleiman Al-Fayez, founder of the exhibition “The Birth of a Nation” and “The Epic of Championship” in Buraidah, affiliated with the Qassim Education Department, who devoted a special pavilion to the Saudi flag on the site about the Saudi flag and its development. Hafez Wahba, and it becomes in its current form in the beautiful and clear Thuluth script for reading.

Al-Fayez added that the sword was also replaced in the flag more than once, until the Arab sword was placed towards the mast, tied as a sign of strength and invincibility, after the conquests in the regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ended and were united under one name.