Title: Flag of Egypt - Wikipedia
Headings: Flag of Egypt
Flag of Egypt
See also: List of Egyptian flags
Egyptian Flags
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Symbolism
Colours scheme
History
Muhammad Ali Dynasty (1805–1923)
Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953)
Republic of Egypt (1953–1958) - Egyptian Free Officers movement
United Arab Republic - Egyptian and Syrian Union under President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1958–1972)
Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1984) - A regional union attempt by Muammar Gaddafi
Arab Republic of Egypt (1984–present) - President Mohamed Anwar Saddat
Rules governing the hoisting of the flag
See also
References
Sources
External links

Content: The meaning of the three stars and crescents has been suggested that this was to symbolise the victory of his armies in three continents (Africa, Asia, and Europe), and his own sovereignty over Egypt, Sudan, and Hejaz. The similarity with the flag of the Ottoman Empire was deliberate, as Muhammad Ali harbored grandiose ambitions of deposing the Ottoman dynasty, and seizing the sultanic throne himself. Egypt retained this flag even after formal Ottoman sovereignty was terminated in 1914, when Egypt was declared to be a sultanate, and a British protectorate . After the Urabi Revolt in 1882, British forces occupied the country, igniting ever greater nationalist resentment. This reached a peak in the Revolution of 1919, when both the red flag introduced by Muhammad Ali, and a special green banner bearing a crescent and cross were used in protests against the British (the latter symbolizing that both Egypt's Muslim and Christian communities supported the Egyptian nationalist movement against the occupation). Flag used in the Egypt Eyalet (1844–1867)
Flag used in Egypt during the rules of Isma'il Pasha and Tewfik Pasha (1867–1881)
Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt (1881–1914) and the Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922)
Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953)
Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953) and co-official flag of the Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)
In 1922, the UK agreed to formally recognize Egyptian independence, but only on the condition that the Sultan of Egypt, Fuad I, change his title to King. Upon so doing, the now King Fuad issued a Royal Decree formally adopting a new national flag of a white crescent with three white stars on a green background in it. The three stars symbolised the three component territories of the Kingdom, namely Egypt, Nubia, and Sudan, whilst the green signifies the agricultural nature of the country, other sources suggest that it symbolised the predominant religion of the country, Islam. It has also been suggested that the three stars represented the three religious communities of the country: Muslims, Christians and Jews.