Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The flag of Saudi Arabia
The flag of Saudi Arabia is the flag used by the government since March 15, 1973. It was conceived in 1925 as having been little changed thereafter. Its final form was adopted in 1980. it marks the power of Saud, who did bring order to the peninsula from 1880 to 1953 and established the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932..
The green background is the color of Islam. Flag is composed of a white sword (evoking justice and the conquest war of Ibn Saud to unify the country) and The script on the flag is written in the Thuluth script. It is the shahadah or Islamic declaration of faith: which meaning "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"
Emblem of Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian national emblem was adopted in 1950. According to the Saudi Constitution[2] it consists of two crossed swords with a palm tree in the open upper space between the blades. The swords represent the two areas Hijaz and Nejd united under Ibn Saud in 1926. This symbol means that "No prosperity is possible without justice."
Key figures * Capital: Riyahd, 4.5 million inhabitants. (1999). * Size: 1,960,582 sq km (depending CIA WFB). * Official Language: Arabic * Illiteracy is still 38% of women and 19% of men. " * Government: Islamic absolute monarchy * King: Abdallah Ier * Currency: Saudi Ryial * Maritime Boundary: 2640 km.
History
At the beginning of the seventh century Saudi Arabia was a country of nomadic tribes and small villages clustered around oases. Then the Prophet Muhammad spoke of his prophetic visions revealing the existence of a god only Allah. This message and the establishment of a new Muslim state, whose capital was Medina, unified the country in the Middle East for the first time. When the fourth Caliph, Ali, moved the center of Muslim power in Iraq , Arabia lost much of its importance, even if Mecca and Medina remained large religious centers. Later the caliphs of