| Date - Field | Qatar - Flag description |
2012 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side; maroon represents the blood shed in Qatari wars, white stands for peace; the nine-pointed serrated edge signifies Qatar as the ninth member of the "reconciled emirates" in the wake of the Qatari-British treaty of 1916
note: the other eight emirates are the seven that compose the UAE and Bahrain; according to some sources, the dominant color was formerly red, but this darkened to maroon upon exposure to the sun and the new shade was eventually adopted |
2011 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side; maroon represents the blood shed in Qatari wars, white stands for peace; the nine-pointed serrated edge signifies Qatar as the ninth member of the "reconciled emirates" in the wake of the Qatari-British treaty of 1916
note: the other eight emirates are the seven that compose the UAE and Bahrain; according to some sources, the dominant color was formerly red, but this darkened to maroon upon exposure to the sun and the new shade was eventually adopted |
2010 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2009 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2008 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2007 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2006 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2005 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2004 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2003 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2002 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2001 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
2000 January
Flag description | maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
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