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The national
Flag of Bahrain (Arabic:
علم البحرين) consists of a white band on the left,
separated from a red area on the right by five triangles that
serve as a serrated line.
Red is the traditional color for flags of the Persian Gulf
states. The white is on the hoist side; the five points
represent the five pillars of Islam.
The oldest known flags of Bahrain were simply red. But during
the nineteenth century, a white stripe was added to indicate
truces made with neighboring countries, and the serrated
triangles were added to distinguish the flag of Bahrain from
that of its neighbors. The flag originally had eight white
points, but this was reduced to five in 2002, so that the points
could stand for the Five Pillars of Islam.
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