Two crossed swords appear in the emblem on Oman’s national flag.
The emblem, placed in the canton beside the red vertical stripe, shows a khanjar—a traditional Omani curved dagger—over a pair of crossed swords. The swords are distinct from the dagger, so the emblem contains two crossed swords, not four weapons of the same type.
Known as the Khanjar Bo Sayfain, or “khanjar and two swords,” the emblem originated as the badge of Oman’s Al Said dynasty in the 18th century. It later became the national emblem and was added to the national flag in 1970, when Sultan Qaboos introduced the modern design.
The flag combines white and green horizontal fields with a red T-shaped section. White is associated with peace, green with Oman’s mountains and fertility, and red with the historic red banner of Muscat and Oman. The crossed swords therefore form part of a broader dynastic and national symbol, rather than a decorative count of four blades.