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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
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
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
Political flags
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
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
Achaemenid Rule
Roman Rule
Byzantine Rule
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
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
Seljuk Rule
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
Lamaite Princedom
Flag
Date
Use
Description
676
Flag of the Abi-Lama dynasty
A White Field with a lion in the center.
[12]
Maanid Emirate
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
References
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"الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني | شرف، تضحية، وفاء" . www.lebarmy.gov.lb . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Army (Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"BRIGADE DE LA GARDE REPUBLICAINE | الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني" . www.lebarmy.gov.lb . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Army (Lebanon) - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Flaggenshop Fahnenshop Versand kaufen bestellen" . www.fahnenversand.de . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Druze People (Syria)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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https://www.dostor.org/773210
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"Municipality of Deir el Qamar (Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"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 .
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"Website for Imperial Roman re-enactors shows modern reconstructions of Roman Vexilla" . Archived from
the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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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):
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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):
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"Lamaïte Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Maanid Flag, Late 17th Century (Historical Flags, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Municipality of Deir el Qamar (Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Merdai Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Tanukh Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Rebels' Flag during Prince Ibrahim Era (Historical Flags, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Kaïssy Flag (Historical Flags, Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Rabbat, Nasser O. (1995).
The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mameluk Architecture . BRILL.
ISBN
978-90-04-10124-1 .
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"Free French flag | Royal Museums Greenwich" . www.rmg.co.uk . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Historical Flags Until 1932 (Syria)" . www.fotw.info . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Vexilla Mundi" . vexilla-mundi.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Lebanon Arms" . www.hubert-herald.nl . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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"Army (Lebanon)" . www.crwflags.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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