User:Red Phoenician/List of Lebanese flags
This is a list of Lebanese flags used in the past and present. For more information about the national flag, see the article Flag of Lebanon.
National flags[edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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7 December 1943 | National flag | A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree. (proportions 2:3) |
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7 December 1943 | National flag (vertical) |
Military flags[edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 August 1945 | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front) | |
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1 August 1945 | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back) | |
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1 June 1949 | Flag of the Lebanese Air Force | |
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1950 | Flag of the Lebanese Navy |
Special units[edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[|border|150px]] | 1966 | Flag of the Lebanese Commando Regiment (Maghwār) | |
| [[|border|150px]] | 1997 | Flag of the Marine Commandos | |
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1984 | Flag of the Republican Guard (Lebanon) |
Municipalities and Cities[edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Flag of Beirut |
Historical flags[edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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676 | Mardaite flag | A white cross and sword on a red background.[1] |
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694 | Flag of prince Ibrahim | A red carnation (Dianthus libanotis) placed on a white background. In 1865, the first mutasarrif of Mount Lebanon Daoud Pasha attempted to bring back this flag for the Mutasarrifate but failed due to political reasons.[2] |
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1516-1585 | Flag of Ma'n | |
| 1685 | Flag of Lebanon according to the book "History of Christianity" published in Florence in 1685. | The top half of the flag is white with a drawing of a cedar tree while the lower half is red with a drawing said to be of either an oak or juniper tree | |
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c. 17th century | Flag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Ma'n dynasty | |
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1697-1842 | Flag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Shihab dynasty | |
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1918-1920 | Flag of Lebanon after the fall of the Ottoman Empire | |
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1920-1943 | Flag of Greater Lebanon |
Other historical flags[edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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676 | Flag of the Tanukh | |
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676 | Flag of the Abi-Lama dynasty | |
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694 | Flag Abu Nakad dynasty | |
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1830 | Flag of Deir El Qamar, Capital of the Maanid and early Chehab emirs | |
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694 | Flag of Jumblatt dynasty | |
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1483-1865 | Flag of Harfouche dynasty | |
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1915-1918 | Flag of the Lebanese Legion under France during WWI | |
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1918 | Flag of the Arab Revolt flown above the Grand Serail of Beirut for nine days before being taken down on 10 October, 1918[3] |
Zahle flag
Ethnic flags[edit]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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c. 17th century | Maronite flag | |
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c. 19th-20th century | Druze flag | |
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Unknown | Shia flag |
References[edit]
- ^ Nehme, Joseph; Nehme, Adonis (1995). Le Drapeau Libanais: A Travers les Siècles. Deir al-Qamar. p. 12.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Nehme & Nehme 1995, p. 12, Deir al-Qamar.
- ^ ابي ياغي, جان دارك (December 2016). "أعلام ورايات رفعت في أراضينا منذ القدم". lebarmy.gov.lb. Lebanese Army. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021.
على أثر انتهاء الحرب العالمية الأولى ودخول الحلفاء إلى سوريا ولبنان، رُفع العلم العربي المربَّع الألوان فوق دار الحكومة في بيروت لمدة تسعة أيام فقط، إلى أن أنزله الحلفاء في تاريخ 10 تشرين الأول 1918.