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
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
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) | |
7 December 1943 | National flag (vertical) |
Military flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 August 1945 | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front) | ||
1 August 1945 | Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back) | ||
1 June 1949 | Flag of the Lebanese Air Force | ||
1950 | Flag of the Lebanese Navy |
Special units
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
[[|border|150px]] | 1966 | Flag of the Lebanese Commando Regiment (Maghwār) | |
[[|border|150px]] | 1997 | Flag of the Marine Commandos | |
1984 | Flag of the Republican Guard (Lebanon) |
Municipalities and Cities
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Flag of Beirut |
Historical flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
676 | Mardaite flag | A white cross and sword on a red background.[1] | |
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] | |
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 | |
c. 17th century | Flag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Ma'n dynasty | ||
1697-1842 | Flag of the Mount Lebanon Emirate under the Shihab dynasty | ||
1918-1920 | Flag of Lebanon after the fall of the Ottoman Empire | ||
1920-1943 | Flag of Greater Lebanon |
Other historical flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
676 | Flag of the Tanukh | ||
676 | Flag of the Abi-Lama dynasty | ||
694 | Flag Abu Nakad dynasty | ||
1830 | Flag of Deir El Qamar, Capital of the Maanid and early Chehab emirs | ||
694 | Flag of Jumblatt dynasty | ||
1483-1865 | Flag of Harfouche dynasty | ||
1915-1918 | Flag of the Lebanese Legion under France during WWI | ||
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
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
c. 17th century | Maronite flag | ||
c. 19th-20th century | Druze flag | ||
Unknown | Shia flag |
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