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This is the list of flags, banners and vexilloids related to Lebanon for further information, see the Flag of Lebanon.

National flag[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1995 – Today Flag of Lebanon A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree.
Flag of Lebanon (vertical)

Military flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1949 – today Flag of the Lebanese Air Force a blue field with the air force's emblem in the center.
1991 – today Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front) the Lebanese tricolor with 4 laurels in each corner and an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[1]
1991 – today Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back) a diagonal bicolor of White and red.
1945 – 1991 Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces the Lebanese tricolor with an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[2]
1984 – today Flag of the Republican Guard A blue field with the guard's emblem in the center.[3]
1916 – 1920 Flag of the Lebanese Troops during WW1 a White field with a red saltire that extends to the corners of the field and a black tree in the center.[4]
1950 – today Flag of the Lebanese Navy A White field with the navy's emblem in the center.
1950 – today Naval Jack of Lebanon the Lebanese tricolor with 2 vertical White bands, each with a red anchor.

Ethnic flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
c. 17th century Maronite flag
c. 19th-20th century Druze flag [5]
Unknown Shia flag

Political flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
2005 – 2016 Flag of the March 14 Alliance A red field with a White holding a laurel in the center.
2005 – today Flag of the March 8 Alliance A red field with the emblem in the center.
1936 – today Flag of the Kataeb Party A White field with the tree emblem in the center.
1957 – today Flag of Al-Mourabitoun a black field with the emblem in the center.[6]
1974 – today Flag of the Amal Movement A green field with the emblem in the center.
1953 – today Flag of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party a horizontal triband of black, White and green with a red triangle based on the hoist side.
1994 – today Flag of the Free Patriotic Movement an Orange field with the emblem in the center.
1995 – today Flag of the Future Movement A blue field with a 7 pointed sun base don the hoist side.
1964 – today Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party A red field with a White band and the communist symbol in the canton and the green tree inside the White band.
2001 – today Flag of the Lebanese Democratic Party a vertical bicolor of White and red with the map of the country in green in the center.
1973 – today Flag of the Popular Nasserist Organization a horizontal triband of red, green and red with the emblem in the center of the green band.
1949 – today Flag of the Progressive Socialist Party a red field with the emblem in the center.
1932 – today Flag of the Lebanese-Syrian Social Nationalist Party A black field with the emblem in the center.
1960 – today Flag of the Toilers League A red field with the emblem in the center.
1960 – today Flag of the Union Party a vertical triband of black, White and red with a green in the center of the White band.

Municipality and district flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1943 – today Flag of Deir al-Qamar A red field with a green cross.[7]
1943 – today Flag of Beirut A White field with the municipality's arms in the center.

Historical flags[edit]

Achaemenid Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
586 – 332 BC Standard of Cyrus the Great of The Achaemenid Empire A red field with the Shahbaz in the center.

Roman Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
63 BC – 395 AD Vexilloid of The Roman Empire A Red Vexilloid with The SPQR with a Laurel wreath in the center.[8][9][10][11]

Byzantine Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
476 – 635 Labarum of Constantine The Great A red Vexilloid with 3 golden discs, representing the "medallions" which are said to have shown portraits of Constantine and his sons.

Sassanian Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
614 – 628 The Derafsh Kaviani of the Sasanian Empire a Lotus on a purple field, was encrusted with jewels and had trailing red, gold and purple streamers on its edges.

Arab Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
661 – 750 Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate A Simple White Field.
750 – 909 Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate A Simple Black Field.

Seljuk Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1072 – 1098 Flag of The Seljuk Empire A blue field with a double-headed Eagle and a black bow and arrow in the center.

Crusader States[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1099 – 1187 Flag of The Kingdom of Jerusalem A white field with The Jerusalem Cross in the center.
1102 – 1289 Flag of The County of Tripoli A red field with a Golden cross.

Lamaite Princedom[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
676 Flag of the Abi-Lama dynasty A White Field with a lion in the center.[12]

Maanid Emirate[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1119 – 1697 Flag of the Maanid Emirate A diagonal bicolor of White and red with a green laurel in the center.[13]
1830 Flag of Deir El Qamar, Capital of the Maanid and early Chehab emirs A red field with a green cross.[14]

Other Medieval States[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
676 Mardaite flag A white cross and sword on a red background.[15]
676 Flag of the Tanukh 5 vertical bands of White, blue, yellow, red and green.[16]
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.[17]
694 Flag Abu Nakad dynasty a vertical bicolor of blue and yellow.
694 Flag of Jumblatt dynasty A red field with a green border and a sword in the center.
1483-1865 Flag of Harfouche dynasty A simple green field.
1516-1585 Flag of Ma'n [18]

Egyptian Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
Ayyubid Era
1187–1260 Flag of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt A Simple Golden Field.[19]
1187–1193 Saladin's personal standard A Golden Field with a Two-Headed Eagle in the center.[20][21]
Mamluk Era
1260–1517 Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate A Golden Swallowtailed Field with a White Crescent Moon.
1260–1517 Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate A Golden Field with a black disc containing a white lion in the center.

Ottoman Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1517–1793 Flag of the Ottoman Empire A red field with a green disc in the center with three golden crescent moons inside the disc.
1793–1844 Flag of The Ottoman Empire A red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star.
1844–1918 Flag of the Ottoman Empire A red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.
Flags of Lebanon
c. 17th century Flag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Ma'n dynasty A blue field with a White crescent.
1697–1842 Flag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Shihab dynasty A White field charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree.

French Rule[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1920 – 1940 Flag of The French Third Republic A horizontal tricolor of Blue, White and Red.
1940 – 1942 Flag of Vichy France A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars.
1942 – 1943 Flag of Free France A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the Cross of Lorraine.[22]
Colonial Flags
1920 Henri Gouraud's Flag of the Mandate of Syria A blue field with a White crescent and the French Tricolor in the canton.[23]
1920 – 1943 Flag of Greater Lebanon A horizontal tricolor of Blue, White and Red charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree.
1920 – 1943 Flag of Greater Lebanon (black variant) A horizontal tricolor of Blue, White and Red charged with a black Lebanese cedar tree.
1920 – 1943 Flag of Greater Lebanon (real variant) A horizontal tricolor of Blue, White and Red charged with a Lebanese cedar tree.

Independence[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1943 – 1995 Flag of Lebanon A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a Lebanese cedar tree.[24][25]

Israeli Occupation[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1979 – 2000 Flag of Israel A White field with blue stripes and the Star of David in the center.
Flag of Lebanon
1979 – 1984 Flag of The State of Free Lebanon Similar to the former army flag.[26]

Syrian Occupation[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
Arab Kingdom of Syria
1918 – 1920 Flag of the Arab Revolt A red triangle to which three parallel horizontal colours are attached, black at the top, followed by green in the middle and white at the bottom.
1920 Flag of The Arab Kingdom of Syria A red triangle with a white 7-pointed star to which three parallel horizontal colours are attached, black at the top, followed by green in the middle and white at the bottom.
Syrian Arab Republic
1976 – 2005 Flag of Syria A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black; charged with two green stars at the center.

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني | شرف، تضحية، وفاء". www.lebarmy.gov.lb. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Army (Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "BRIGADE DE LA GARDE REPUBLICAINE | الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني". www.lebarmy.gov.lb. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Army (Lebanon) - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Flaggenshop Fahnenshop Versand kaufen bestellen". www.fahnenversand.de. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Druze People (Syria)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.dostor.org/773210
  7. ^ "Municipality of Deir el Qamar (Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  8. ^ "Modern reconstructed vexillum of the Roman Empire with the goddess Victoria above a red banner with the letters SPQR in gold". Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "Website for Imperial Roman re-enactors shows modern reconstructions of Roman Vexilla". Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  10. ^ Roman Standards shown from an illustration in "Signa Militaria", by James Yates (in the public domain) in the book A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (pp. 1044–1046):
  11. ^ Roman Standard with an Aquila (the Roman Eagle) without the red vexillum with the letters SPQR in gold (Source=John J. Anderson A School History of England (New York: Effingham Maynard & Co., 1889):
  12. ^ "Lamaïte Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  13. ^ "Maanid Flag, Late 17th Century (Historical Flags, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  14. ^ "Municipality of Deir el Qamar (Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "Merdai Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  16. ^ "Tanukh Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  17. ^ "Rebels' Flag during Prince Ibrahim Era (Historical Flags, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  18. ^ "Kaïssy Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  19. ^ Hathaway, Jane (February 1, 2012). A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-8610-8.
  20. ^ Hathaway, Jane (February 1, 2012). A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-8610-8.
  21. ^ Rabbat, Nasser O. (1995). The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mameluk Architecture. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-10124-1.
  22. ^ "Free French flag | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  23. ^ "Historical Flags Until 1932 (Syria)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  24. ^ "Vexilla Mundi". vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  25. ^ "Lebanon Arms". www.hubert-herald.nl. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  26. ^ "Army (Lebanon)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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