Lebanese
Flag
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Lebanese Flag: "The
Lebanese flag is made of red, white and red horizontal stripes,
with the cedar in green in the center of the white stripe"
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Some of the Lebanese Flags through History
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Old Phoenician flag: This
flag was blue, symbolizing the sea |
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Phoenician flag: This flag was
blue, symbolizing the sea, and red color ( probably 'purpule'
intended) after color was discovered |
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Mamluk flag: consisted of a
cloth embroidered with golden threads |
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Rebels Flag during Prince Ibrahim's Era: It
became a white cloth with a red carnation at the bottom right
corner |
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Rebels Flag: It consisted of
a cross and a sword, both white, on a red cloth |
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Shehabian Flag(1697-1842): Consisted
of a blue cloth with a white crescent |
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The Lamaïte flag: It consisted
of a white cloth with a drawing of a Lion |
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Abi Kand flag:
consisted of two vertical and equal bands, one yellow and one
blue |
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National Maaniïtes flag:
The Kaïssy Party Flag |
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Maaniïtes flag at the
end of the Maaniïtes Emirate: End of the 17th century |
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Ottoman flag: Consisted of a
red cloth with a white crescent and white star in the center,
and remained as such until their departure in 1918 |
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Jumblatian flag: It consisted
of a red flag with a green frame; a sword and a dark green hand
in the middle |
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Lebanese Cedar: Following the
fall of the Ottoman Empire, it consisted of a white cloth with
a green cedar in the center |
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Lebanese flag during the French Mandate: It
was similar to the Blue, White and Red French Flag with a green
Cedar in the middle, and was designed by the president of the
Lebanese Renaissance Movement, the late Naoum Mukarzel |
Sources:
Nehmé, Joseph. Le Drapeau Libanais: A Travers les Siècles,
(in English: The Lebanese flag: Through the centuries), 1995.
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