4 THE FLAGS OP THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Malays were chagrined to find that none of their old flags could be 

 flown as they were the nautical symbols for quarantine, gunpowder 

 and piracy, and then the device called by the Malays the " Kedah 

 Crown " as superimposed on the old grounds of the Sultan's, and 

 the State's flags; and the President of the State Council was given 

 a green flag instead of the old black one. 



The crescent of Muhammedanism appears in the Kedah flag; 

 and the crescent and star in those of Selangor and Johore. The 

 Selangor State flag is yellow and red in quarters with a yellow 

 crescent and star in canton. It was devised in the reign of Saltan 

 Abdul Samad : and the yellow and red quartering^ are symbolic of 

 flesh and blood ; for, as the body is of flesh and blood so is the State 

 a combination of necessary parts. 



The Johore flag is white with the crescent and star red in 

 canton on blue. 



The Xegri Sembilan flag is yellow with red and black diagonal 

 in canton : red for the Government, yellow for the Eaja, and black 

 for the Undang or States' rulers. " Xegri Sembilan " means 

 " Nine States." 



The device of the Kelantan flag reads : — 



Keeaja'an Kelantan. 

 Nasrom minallah-hi wafat-himg karibun wabasshirel mo'minin. 



