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Flag and Crest
First used in 1906, the Brunei Darussalam flag
is made up of four colours: yellow, white, black
and red. The yellow serves as a backdrop with
two wide stripes of black and white across it
diagonally. A red state crest, added in 1959, sits
in the centre of the flag. The national flag was
officially used when the Sultanate signed the
Supplementary Agreement with Britain.
The colours represent the signatories of the
agreement: yellow for the Sultan, white for the
Pengiran Bendahara and black for the Pengiran
Pemancha.
The National Crest consists of:
• The Bendera (flag)
• The Payung Ubor-Ubor (the royal umbrella)
• The Sayap (wing of four feathers) which
signifies the protection of justice, tranquillity,
prosperity and peace
• The Tangan (hands) represents the
government’s pledge to promote welfare,
peace and prosperity
• The Bulan (crescent) which symbolises Islam
– the national religion of Brunei
The Arabic characters inscribed on the crescent
read “Always in Service with God’s Guidance”,
while the words on the scroll mean “Brunei, the
Abode of Peace”.