Emirate of Bukhara, 1910

In 1550 the Khanate of Bukhara was established and it became an Emirate in 1785 upon the assumption of rulership by the Manghit emir, Shah Murad. It is not known if there was a national flag, but the Royal Standard of Emir Mohammed Alim Khan, who ruled from 1910 to 1920, displayed on a three-pointed green field the Islamic crescent and star, the Hand of Fatima (the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter), a sign of protection and the name of the emir written in Arabic script near the hoist and the “Shahada”, the Muslim Article of Faith, near the fly, all in gold. It had an orange border with black ornamentation and the three points of the flag also had black diamond shaped tassels.