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Alawite State / Sanjak of Latakia 1920-1936 (Syria)

Lattaquie, Autonomous Territory (later State) of the Alawites 1920-1930, Republic of Latakia 1930-19

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by Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted 1st September 1920

Description
Variants
Possible Flag Variant ca.1920-ca.1924
Possible Flag Variant ca.1924-ca.1930
Possible Flag Variant ca.1930-ca.1932 (probably erroneous)
Possible Flag Variant ca.1939

See also:

Historical Flags until 1932 (Syria)

Description

The Alawite State was created on September 29th 1923, including Alexandretta, and later renamed Sanjak of Latakia after its chief town, September 22nd 1930. White flag, French flag in the canton, triangles in other corners of red, gold sunburst in center. Separate existence as a French mandate in 1920-30 and as a republic in 1930-6. Sources and Credits.

The following is an extract from Corre 2000 (Franciae Vexilla, #19/65, September 2000). I have tried to stick to the text as tightly as possible (no interpretation). Possible errors come either from the original text or loose translation from French:

4. Federation of Syria, under French mandate, 1920-1925. (...) The four states of the Federation each had a specific flag with the French Tricolore in canton:

State of Alawites: Its complex flag had a white field with a golden sun in the middle, a French Tricolore with optical proportions of the stripes [30+33+37] in canton over 1/3rd of the flag, and a red triangle in every corner of the flag, also inscribed in 1/3rd of the flag. Alternative reproductions of this flag have a Tricolore with equal stripes [1+1+1] and the number of the sunrays is 11, 16 or 20. Original sources: Pierre Fournier and Jean-Louis Riccioli, La France et le Proche-Orient 1916-1946, Casterman, 1996; Flaggenbuch 1939.

Therefore the Possible Flag Variant ca.1930-ca.1932 design by Jau