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Flag of Malaysia

The national flag of Malaysia, also known as the Stripes of Glory (Malay: Jalur Gemilang),[1] is composed of a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star). The 14 stripes, of equal width, represent the equal status in the federation of the 13 member states and the federal territories, while the 14 points of the star represent the unity among these entities.[2] The crescent represents Islam, the country's state religion; the blue canton symbolises the unity of the Malaysian people; the yellow of the star and crescent is the royal colour of the Malay rulers.[3] It is in the stars and stripes family of flags.

Use

National flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side Design has no element that can be rotated

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26 May 1950 (1950-05-26) (original 11-point star and 11 stripes)
16 September 1963 (1963-09-16) (current 14-point star and 14 stripes)

Fourteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, a yellow crescent and fourteen-point star on a blue field

Mohamed Hamzah[a]

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag First proposed flag

First proposed flag

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Second proposed flag

Second proposed flag

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Third proposed flag

Third proposed flag

If the flag is fixed at home, it is to be raised pointing toward the road.

If the flag is put in a group of flags with state and private company flags, the Malaysian flag must be raised in between two flags and its pole placed higher than the rest.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak from 1870 to 1946.

Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak.

Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak from 1946 to 1963.

Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak from 1946 to 1963.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of North Borneo from 1882 to 1902.

Flag of North Borneo colony.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of North Borneo from 1902 to 1946.

Flag of North Borneo colony.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Crown Colony of North Borneo from 1948 to 1963.

Flag of North Borneo colony.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Crown Colony of Labuan from 1912 to 1946.

Ensign of vessels of administration of the Crown Colony of Labuan 1912–1946.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Straits Settlements from 1904 to 1925.

Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1904-1925).

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Straits Settlements from 1925 to 1946.

Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1925-1946).

Crown Colony Flag of Penang 1952-1957

Crown Colony Flag of Penang 1952-1957

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of Crown Colony of Malacca from 1946 to 1957.

Flag of Malacca (1946-1957).

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Crown Colony of Singapore from 1946 to 1952.

Flag of Singapore colony.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Crown Colony of Singapore from 1952 to 1959.

Flag of Singapore colony.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Federated Malay States from 1896 to 1946; later adopted by the Malayan Union from 1946 until 1948 and the Federation of Malaya from 1948 to 1950.

Flag of four stripes along the fly coloured white, red, yellow and black respectively. In the middle is a white oblong circle with a Malayan tiger in it.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the Federation of Malaya from 1950 to 1963.

Flag with 11 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton (occupying 7 stripes) bearing a crescent and an 11-point star.

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of Malaysia in current use since 1964.

Flag with 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star.

Royal Malaysian Air Force roundel.

Royal Malaysian Air Force roundel.

Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) flag.

Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) flag.

Deprecated Patani Malayu National Revolutionary Front flag, with a crescent and 15-point Federal Star.

Deprecated Patani Malayu National Revolutionary Front flag, with a crescent and 15-point Federal Star.

Malaysian flag on pole

Malaysian flag on pole

The Federal Star is similar in concept of Australia's Commonwealth Star in that it symbolises the unity of states in the Malaysian federation and its Federal government, featuring 14 points to represent the federation's 13 states and the federal territories. It is also used on the Royal Malaysian Air Force roundel, the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) flag and the former United Malayan Banking Corporation (UMBC) logo.


The Patani Malayu National Revolutionary Front, a Southern Thai Malay separatist group involved in the South Thailand insurgency, originally adopted an independence flag that incorporated a crescent and 15-point variation of the Federal Star on its flag to represent the southernmost Thai provinces' closer tie to Malay and Muslim-majority Malaysia over that of Thailand.

List of Malaysian flags

List of Malaysian patriotic songs

Muhamad Razif Nasruddin; Zarul Nazli bin Zulkhurnain (2012). (PDF). Malaysia Design Archive. Make Condition Design.

"The History and Design Chronology of Jalur Gemilang"

Media related to National flag of Malaysia at Wikimedia Commons

at Flags of the World

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