Banner o Jordan

Dimension: 1:2

The banner o Jordan, officially adoptit on 16 Aprile 1928, is based on the banner o the Arab Revolt agin the Ottoman Empire durin Warld War I. The banner is black, white an green stripes that are aw connectit bi a reid triangle. The colours staund for the Abbasid, Umayyad an Fatimid Caliphates. The reid triangle is for the Hashemite dynasty an the Arab Revolt.

The seiven-pointit starn staunds for the seiven verses o the first surah in the Qur'an, an staunds for the unity o the Arab fowks an aa. Some think it refers tae the seiven hills on whilk Amman, the caipital, wis biggit.

The colours o the Jordanian banner are those o the Pan-Arab banner. Thay wur first uised in 1917 tae represent "pan-Arabianism", whilk sought unthirldom frae the Ottoman Empire.

Features

The Jordan banner features three horizontal baunds. The three colors uised in the banner are black, white an green. The colour black staunds for Abbasid Caliphate o Islam, white staunds for the Umayyad Caliphate o Islam an the colour green staunds for Fatimid Caliphate o Islam.

Aw these three baunds in the banner o Jordan are connectit tae a reid-coloured symmetrical triangle representin the Great Arab Revolt in 1916. The triangle represents the Hashemite dynasty an aa.

See an aa

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