# List of Qatari flags

The following is a list of flags and banners used in Qatar.

## National Flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1971-Today | Flag of Qatar | A white band on the hoist side, separated from a maroon area on the fly side by nine white triangles which act as a serrated line. |

## Air Force Flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1974-Today | Flag of The Qatar Emiri Air Force | A light blue flag with the national flag in the canton, with the Qatar Air Force's roundel on the fly side. |

## Historical Flags
### Sasanian Empire

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 224–651 | Flag of the Sasanian Empire | a Lotus on a purple field, was encrusted with jewels and had trailing red, gold and purple streamers on its edges. |

### Under Arab Rule

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 698–750 | Flag of The Umayyad Caliphate | A White Field. |
| | 750–899 | Flag of The Abbasid Caliphate | A Simple Black Field. |

### Jabrids

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1417-1520 | Flag of The Jabrid Emirate | A red field with a white symbol in the center and a white arabic script upwards. |

### Portuguese Empire

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1520–1521 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle. |
| | 1521-1550 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | White field with the royal coat of arms in the middle. |

### Ottoman Empire

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1550–1670 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | Red field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc. |
| 1872-1916 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star. |
| 1916 | Flag of The Ottoman Qatar | A Red Field with a white border and a golden crescent moon. |

### Omani Empire

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1670-1783 | Flag of the Imamate of Oman | A White Field with The Royal Emblem in the canton. |
| | 1696–1783 | Flag of the Omani Empire | A White Field with red arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right. |

### Under Bahrain

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1783-1820 | Flag of Bahrain | A simple Red Field |
| | 1820-1860 | Flag of Bahrain | a red field with a white stripe off-centered towards the hoist. |

### Emirate of Diriyah

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1798-1818 | Flag of Diriyah | A Green Field with a White Stripe on the fly and an Arabic script written in white in the center. |

### Pre-British Qatar

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1860-1872 | Flag of Qatar | A white band on the hoist side, separated from a red area on the fly side by eleven white triangles which act as a serrated line. |

### British Qatar

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1916-1971 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
| 1916–1947 | Flag of British India | A Red Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the Star of India emblem displayed in the fly. |
| 1968–1971 | Flag of Trucial States | A Star green With Some Red Stripes. |
| 1916–1932 | Flag of Qatar | A white band on the hoist side, separated from a red area on the fly side by eleven white triangles which act as a serrated line. |
| 1932–1936 | Flag of Qatar | A white and maroon flag, with the boundary serrated, with diamonds inside the serrations. |
| 1936–1949 | Flag of Qatar | A white band on the hoist side, separated from a maroon area on the fly side by nine white triangles which act as a serrated line, 10 diamonds in each white triangle and the name of the country in arabic in the center. |
| 1949–1971 | Flag of Qatar | A white band on the hoist side, separated from a maroon area on the fly side by ten white triangles which act as a serrated line. |