Flag and coat of arms of Pahang

While adopting simpler design on its flag and arms, the state symbols remain representative towards its administration, monarchy, and economy.

[1] The black represents the official colour of the bendahara, which was once the administrator of the state, while the white represents the Sultan of Pahang; the white over the black symbolises Pahang as a sovereign state with a royal monarch, as well as its presence of special privileges, laws, customs and codes of conduct, and specific rights of the Sultan.

[1] The merger of the state into the Federation of Malaya in 1948 and the adoption of a unified maritime flag rendered the Pahang jack obsolete.

[1] The flag is similarly obsolete after the abolishment of British Residents in the state in 1942 following the Japanese occupation.

Pahang's coat of arms (Malay: Jata Pahang) consists of four elements: the spear head, Jawi scriptures between the spear head, dual tusks, and a motto at the bottom.