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The flag was also raised as the first national flag of Lebanon on October 2, 1918, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. [7] An alternate version was also made in 1918 by El Khoury inspired by the French tricolor flag. It featured red and blue triangular on the left of the white cedar flag which was done to honor the French mandate. [8]
Flag map of the Arab World. Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars, crescents and the Shahada.
The national symbols of Lebanon are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Lebanon and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]
The Arab Liberation Flag borrowed the pan-Arab colors from the 1916 flag of the Arab Revolt.While the colors of black, white, red, and green on the original Arab revolt flag symbolized historical Arab dynasties, namely the Abbasids, Umayyads, Hashemites, and Islam (or possibly the Fatimids), respectively, the Arab Liberation Flag colors also had different meanings.
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Flag of the Republican Guard: A blue field with the guard's emblem in the center. [3] 1916 – 1920: Flag of the Lebanese Troops during WW1: a White field with a red saltire that extends to the corners of the field and a black tree in the center. [4] 1950 – today: Flag of the Lebanese Navy: A White field with the navy's emblem in the center ...
The four colors also derived their potency from a verse by 14th century Arab poet Safi al-Din al-Hilli: "White are our acts, black our battles, green our fields, and red our swords." [10] Pan-Arab colors, used individually in the past, were first combined in 1916 in the flag of the Arab Revolt or Flag of Hejaz. [11]
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