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Historical Flags Overview (Syria)

Chronological Overview (see detailed list below)

Ottoman Empire
-1918

Arab Military Administration
1918-1920

Kingdom of Syria
Mar.-Jul. 1920

French Mandate
Jul.-Aug. 1920

French Mandate
Sep. 1920-1922 (Partition)

Syrian Federation / State of Syria
1922-1930


Syria 1932-1958	United Arab Republic 1958-1961	Syria 1961-1963	Syria 1963-1972	Federation of Arab Republics 1972-1980	Syria 1980-present

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The 47th flag mentioned and illustrated in the Book of All Kingdoms [e9s50] is attributed to Dasmascus. Image attached as . This as depicted in the 2005 spanish illustrated transcription [e9s05], a yellow flag with a white crescent (with black lining visible) pointing to the hoist but *not* in the ogival default shape of this source: the flag is quadrangular with five round shallow edentations on the fly edge, and shows a black line where the said ogival shape would be in other flags. The anonymous author of [e9s50] describes the flag thusly: «E el rey dende á por señales un pendón amarillo con una luna blanca d’esta manera.» (And the king thereof has for device a yellow pendon with a white moon in this fashion.) Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin to FotW-ml, FotW-ml show details Nov 20 (2 days ag

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

Sources and Credits

Sources: Vexillinfo 81, Hesmer 1992, Chronic Handbuch, Staaten der Weltgeschichte, Falko Schmidt (article in DGF-Nachrichten), Islamic Enciclopaedia and others.

Overview by Mark Sensen, Robert M. J. Czernkowski, Ed Haynes, Nathan Augustine, Nick Artimovich, Will Linden, Jaume Ollé, Jarig Bakker and Santiago Dotor.

Bibliography: Musa 1987 and Corre 2000