Qatari Flag

The Flag of Qatar (Arabic: علم قطر‎) has a proportion of 11:28. It is maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side.

The flag was officially adopted on July 9, 1971, although a nearly identical flag (only differing in proportion) had been used since 1949. It is very similar to the flag of the neighbouring country of Bahrain, which has fewer points, a 3:5 proportion, and a red colour instead of maroon. A common explanation of the differences between the two, is simply to distinguish them. A popular but fanciful tale referring to the maroon color and the similarity to the red Bahrain flag, is that maroon is what becomes of red fading in the Gulf sun.