Kingdom of Syria 1920 (Syria)

8th March - 24th July 1920

Last modified: 2003-09-27 by santiago dotor
Keywords: syria | kingdom of syria | pan-arab colours | triangle: hoist (red) | star: 7 points (white) |
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by Jaume Ollé

by Ralf Stelter according to The Flag Bulletin no. 123

• Introduction
• Description
• Flag Captured 1920

See also:

• Historical Flags up to 1932 (Syria)
• Pan-Arab Colours

Other sites:

• Ländergeschichte im Spiegel der Flaggen: Syrien (History of Countries from a Flag Perspective: Syria, German text only) by Falko Schmidt at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde's Flaggenkurier website

The 2nd Syrian National Congress held in Damascus on March 8th, 1920 crowned Faysal I King of Syria, who was not recognized by Britain or France and claimed a Greater Syria (with Palestine and Lebanon). A similar flag [to that of the Arab administration 1918-1920] was adopted but with a seven-pointe