Flag of Bahrain
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The Flag of Bahrain is a national flag featuring a white band with a serrated edge separating it from a larger red field, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and historical battles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bahraini naval ensign | 1 |
| Flag of Bahrain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530099 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Bahrain Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of Bahrain]
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A.
Flag of Qatar
The Flag of Qatar is a distinctive national flag featuring a maroon field with a broad white serrated band, symbolizing the country's historical significance and its role in the Persian Gulf region.
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B.
Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
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C.
Flag of United Arab Emirates
The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.
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D.
Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
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E.
Iraqi flag
The Iraqi flag is the national tricolor of Iraq, featuring horizontal bands of red, white, and black with green Arabic script symbolizing the Takbir.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Bahrain Target entity description: The Flag of Bahrain is a national flag featuring a white band with a serrated edge separating it from a larger red field, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and historical battles.
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A.
Flag of Qatar
The Flag of Qatar is a distinctive national flag featuring a maroon field with a broad white serrated band, symbolizing the country's historical significance and its role in the Persian Gulf region.
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B.
Flag of Saudi Arabia
The Flag of Saudi Arabia is a green banner featuring the Islamic declaration of faith in white Arabic script above a horizontal white sword, symbolizing Islam and justice.
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C.
Flag of United Arab Emirates
The Flag of the United Arab Emirates is a national symbol featuring horizontal bands of green, white, and black with a vertical red stripe at the hoist, representing Arab unity, strength, and the country's heritage.
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D.
Flag of Morocco
The Flag of Morocco is a red field with a green five-pointed star at its center, symbolizing the nation’s Islamic heritage and unity under the Alaouite monarchy.
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E.
Iraqi flag
The Iraqi flag is the national tricolor of Iraq, featuring horizontal bands of red, white, and black with green Arabic script symbolizing the Takbir.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 2002-02-14 ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | adopted following the 2002 constitution of Bahrain ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 3:5 ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 2002
ⓘ
Flags of Asia ⓘ National symbols of Bahrain ⓘ |
| colorMeaning |
red symbolizes Kharijite and historical battles
ⓘ
white symbolizes peace ⓘ |
| country | Bahrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designFeature |
larger red field at fly
ⓘ
vertical serrated line separating white and red fields ⓘ white band at hoist ⓘ |
| differenceFromFlagOfQatar |
Bahrain flag is brighter red and has five points
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qatar flag is maroon and has nine points NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentUsage | flown on national holidays and official ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasSerrations | five white triangles ⓘ |
| historicalColor | plain red flag historically used by Gulf Arab states ⓘ |
| introducedWhiteBand | 19th century ⓘ |
| introducedWhiteBandReason | to distinguish from other Gulf states under British influence ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo | Flag of Qatar ⓘ |
| legalStatus | defined in Bahraini national flag law ⓘ |
| numberOfPoints | 5 ⓘ |
| officialNameArabic | علم البحرين NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | horizontal bicolor with serrated division ⓘ |
| pointsSymbolize | Five Pillars of Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousDesignFeature |
more than five serrated points before 2002
ⓘ
used 28-point serration in earlier versions ⓘ used 8-point serration in earlier versions ⓘ |
| religiousAssociation | associated with Sunni and Shia Islamic traditions in Bahrain ⓘ |
| reverseDesign | mirror of obverse ⓘ |
| script | no text on flag ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| side | obverse and reverse identical ⓘ |
| sportUsage | used to represent Bahrain in international sporting events ⓘ |
| standardization | number of points fixed at five in 2002 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Bahrain’s identity as an Arab Gulf state
ⓘ
Islamic heritage ⓘ Kharijite sect distinction from other Islamic states ⓘ historical battles ⓘ |
| UNRepresentation | used to represent Bahrain at the United Nations ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bahrain Defence Force
NERFINISHED
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Government of Bahrain NERFINISHED ⓘ civil population ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Bahraini embassies abroad
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Bahraini naval vessels as civil ensign with modifications ⓘ public buildings in Bahrain ⓘ |
| usesColors |
red
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white ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Flag of Bahrain Description of subject: The Flag of Bahrain is a national flag featuring a white band with a serrated edge separating it from a larger red field, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and historical battles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bahraini naval ensign