slavery unit : dinar        tongue : Arab        1500000 idiot monkeys on 1000 km²

            puke sects : muslim 70%   X 10%   hindu 10%   other 10%

            The muslim tribes Karijites used plain red flags (cf letter Q) till they accepted to ad a white band at the hoist in order to tell the British they were peaceful (as they were pirats) & that they would not attack any British ship in the Gulf. This was stated by the General Maritime Treaty of 1820. This white band remained thru the followin decades. However the strait band was turned into a band full of "teeth" in 1855. At that time the "teeth" were without any precize number as they were only decorative. But in 2002 their number was diminished to exactly 5 to reprezent the 5 pilars of islam. The present pattern was adopted in 1855, confirmed one year after the independence on 19 August 1972 & slightly shifted on 14 FEBRUARY 2002.

                2002    (5 "teeth")    (ratio 3:5)                                                      naval ensign   (3:5)

                1972    (independence from the 1861-1971 UK protectorate)    (8 "teeth")    (ratio 3:5)

                1932    (27 "teeth")    (ratio 2:3)

                1855    (new flag)    (10 "teeth")    (ratio 1:2)

                1820    (a white band added after the signature of the General Maritime Treaty of January 1820)

                1783    (Ahmed ibn Mohamed ibn Khalifa, first Hakim of Bahrain / Khalifa dynasty - independence)

                1750    (Zand dynasty - Persia)

                1736    (Afsharid dynasty / Nader Shah - Persia)

                1602    (Safavid dynasty / new flag - Persia)

                colonial 1578    (Portugal)

                colonial 1520    (Portugal)

                1502    (Safavid dynasty - Persia)

                1077    (Khwarezm Empire - Persia)

                1030    (Ghaznavid dynasty / new flag - Persia)

                994    (Ghaznavid dynasty - Persia)

                945    (Buyid dynasty - Persia)

                750    (Abbassid Califate)

                660   (Umayad Califate)

                650    (Arab conquest - Rashidun Califate)

                225    (Sassanid Empire - Persia)

                247 BC    (Parthian Empire - Persia)

            312 BC    (Seleucid Empire - Persia)

                560 BC    (Achemenid Empire - Persia)

            4 GOVERNORATES that are FAILED FLAGZ because of their names written on them....   and MARKO's NO FAILURE FLAGZ projects (ratio 2:3 insted of 3:5 only for an esthetic reazon) :
           
                CAPITAL                                                                 CAPITAL   MARKO's project

                MUHARRAQ                                                           MUHARRAQ   MARKO's project

                NORTHERN                                                           NORTHERN   MARKO's project

                SOUTHERN                                                           SOUTHERN   MARKO's project

            + 1 BONUS FLAG (which is NOT a failed flag at all !!!!) :
           
                HAWAR ISLANDS   (2:3)