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Historical Flags (Lebanon)

See also:

Historical Flags up to 1932 (Syria)
Lebanon

Other sites:

The Lebanese Flag and its Evolution Throughout History (apparently now obsolete but partly mirrored in this webpage)
Lebanon's History

Introduction

From the Lebanese Parliamentary Elections 2000 website [apparently now obsolete but partly mirrored in this webpage], adapted from Nehmé 1995:

The Lebanese Flag and Its Evolution Throughout History
(Adapted from Lebanese historian Joseph Nehme's book)
Lebanon has had several flags and banners, around which the Lebanese citizens had gathered through times of peace and war. The Lebanese flag has evolved according to the following historical steps:

The Mamelukes Flag: It consisted of a cloth embroidered with golden threads.
The Phoenician Flag: This flag was blue, symbolizing the sea, yet the red color was later added to it when the purple color was discovered.
The Rebels Flag during Prince Ibrahim's Era: It became a white cloth with a red carnation at the bottom right corner.
The Rebels Flag: It consisted of a cross and a sword, both white, on a red cloth.
The Shehabian Flag: Consisted of a blue cloth with a white crescent.
The Lamaïte Flag: It consisted of a white cloth with a drawing of a Lion.
The Abi Kand Flag: Consisted of two vertical and equal bands, one yellow and one blue.
The Tannoukhian Flag: Consisted of 5 colors divided vertically in equal bands of white, blue, yellow, red and green.
The National Maaniïtes