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

FlagDateUseDescription
7 December 1943National flagA horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree. (proportions 2:3)
7 December 1943National flag (vertical)

Military flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1 August 1945Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front)
1 August 1945Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back)
1 June 1949Flag of the Lebanese Air Force
1950Flag of the Lebanese Navy

Special units

FlagDateUseDescription
[[|border|150px]]1966Flag of the Lebanese Commando Regiment (Maghwār)
[[|border|150px]]1997Flag of the Marine Commandos
1984Flag of the Republican Guard (Lebanon)

Municipalities and Cities

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Beirut

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
676Mardaite flagA white cross and sword on a red background.[1]
694Flag of prince IbrahimA 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]
1516-1585Flag of Ma'n
1685Flag 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
c. 17th centuryFlag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Ma'n dynasty
1697-1842Flag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Shihab dynasty
1918-1920Flag of Lebanon after the fall of the Ottoman Empire
1920-1943Flag of Greater Lebanon

Other historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
676Flag of the Tanukh
676Flag of the Abi-Lama dynasty
694Flag Abu Nakad dynasty
1830Flag of Deir El Qamar, Capital of the Maanid and early Chehab emirs
694Flag of Jumblatt dynasty
1483-1865Flag of Harfouche dynasty
1915-1918Flag of the Lebanese Legion under France during WWI
1918Flag 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

FlagDateUseDescription
c. 17th centuryMaronite flag
c. 19th-20th centuryDruze flag
UnknownShia flag

References