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![[Quaiti Sultanate]](../images/y/ye_quat.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
Ratio 2:3
Adopted: 1939
Abolished: 1967
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According to The Flag Bulletin
[tfb] VII:1 (Winter 1968) the flag of
the Qu'aiti State is three stripes of red (top), yellow and medium
blue. On the center stripe are three white towers outlined in black
on circles of blue, *green*, and blue.
The blue stood for the sea and the yellow for the waterless
jol or elevated plains. Red was chosen because of its
universal use by Arab countries. The castles on the blue circles were
for the port cities of Shihr and Mukalla, while the city of Shibam,
in the northern wadi, was symbolized by the central green
circle and castle. The proportions of the flag were 1:2. It was
designed by the College of Arms and was introduced 2 October 1939. It
replaced the former flag introduced in 1880, which was red with a
narrow white vertical stripe at the hoist.
Dave Martucci, 11 February 1998
![[Former flag]](../images/y/ye_qua1.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
Ratio 1:2
Adopted: 1880
Abolished: 1939
The flag introduced in 1939 replaced the former flag, introduced in 1880, which was red with a narrow white vertical stripe at the hoist.
Dave Martucci, 11 February 1998
![[Sultan's standard]](../images/y/ye_qa-s.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
Ratio 2:3
Adopted: ?
Abolished: 1967
The Sultan used the flag described above with an "eastern" crown on the red stripe, above the central castle on the green circle.
Dave Martucci, 11 February 1998