Jordan Flag

ABOUT JORDAN FLAG:

THREE EQUAL HORIZONTAL BANDS OF BLACK (TOP), REPRESENTING THE ABBASSID CALIPHATE, WHITE, REPRESENTING THE UMMAYYAD CALIPHATE, AND GREEN, REPRESENTING THE FATIMID CALIPHATE; A RED ISOSCELES TRIANGLE ON THE HOIST SIDE, REPRESENTING THE GREAT ARAB REVOLT OF 1916, AND BEARING A SMALL WHITE SEVEN-POINTED STAR SYMBOLIZING THE SEVEN VERSES OF THE OPENING SURA (AL-FATIHA) OF THE HOLY KORAN; THE SEVEN POINTS ON THE STAR REPRESENT FAITH IN ONE GOD, HUMANITY, NATIONAL SPIRIT, HUMILITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, VIRTUE, AND ASPIRATIONS; DESIGN IS BASED ON THE ARAB REVOLT FLAG OF WORLD WAR I