List of Libyan flags explained
This is a List of Flags used in Libya. for more information about the national flag, see the Flag of Libya
Military flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| Current |
|---|
| 2011–present | Naval Jack of Libya[2] | a light blue field with the libyan tricolour in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor. |
| 2014 –present | Flag of the Libyan National Army[3] | a red field with the golden emblem in the center. |
| 2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Army[4] | a red field with the emblem in the center. |
| 2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Navy[5] | a blue field with the emblem in the center. |
| 2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Air Force[6] | a cyan field with the emblem in the center. |
| | Flag of the Libyan Air Defense Forces[7] | a diagonally divided field. the upper triangle is blue and the lower triangle is brown and with the emblem in the center. |
| 2014 –present | Flag of the Libyan National Army (Variant) | a white field with the emblem in the center. |
| Former |
|---|
| 1977–2011 | Naval Jack of Libya | a light blue field with the libyan green banner in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor | |
Standards of the head of state
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| Former |
|---|
| 1947–1951 | Presidential standard of Vincent Auriol | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "VA". |
| 1943–1951 | The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom | A banner of the Queen's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom. |
| 1927–1943 | Standard of the Head of Government and Duce of Fascism | A blue flag with a yellow line and a yellow fasces in the middle. |
| 1922–1934 | Royal Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt | A green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars and with the royal crown added in the upper-left corner. |
| 1911–1943 | Royal Standard of the King of Italy | A blue flag with a eagle with crown and four crown at corners. |
| 1890–1911 | Imperial standard of the Ottoman sultan | A Red field with the sultan's tughra in the center | |
Historical flags
Independence
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| 1977–2011 | | A plain green flag – the colour represents Islamic faith and the nation's agricultural industry.[8] |
| 1974 | | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a red crescent moon and 5 pointed star in the center. |
| 1972–1977 | | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a golden eagle in the center.[9] |
| 1969–1972 | | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black.[10] |
| 1951–1969 | | A horizontal triband of red, black (double width) and green; charged with a white crescent and five-pointed star centred on the black stripe.[11] [12] [13] [14] | |
French Fezzan
Ottoman Libya
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| 1844–1911 | | A red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star. |
| 1793–1844 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star. |
| 1517–1793 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a green disc in the center with three golden crescent moons inside the disc. |
| Flags of Tripolitania |
|---|
| 1864–1911 | | A green Field with 3 white crescent moons. |
| 1800–1864 | Flag of The Ottoman Tripolitania | A 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white. |
| 1771–1800 | Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania | A 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white (big). | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| 1516–1530 | Flag of Habsburg Spain (Spanish Tripoli) | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. |
| 1510–1516 | Flag of Crown of Castile (Spanish Tripoli) | A Quartered Flag with The arms of Castile (the yellow castle) and the arms of León (the purple lion). | |
Hafsid Libya
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| 1401–1510 | Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of Tunis | A yellow field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star. |
| 1300–1327 | | A Red Field with a White Crescent Moon and 3 sestiere on the fly. | |
Mamluk and Ayyubid rule
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|
| Mamluk Era |
|---|
| 1260–1517 | | A Golden Swallowtailed Field with a White Crescent Moon. |
| 1260–1517 | Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate | A Golden Field with a black disc containing a white lion in the center. |
| Ayyubid Era |
|---|
| 1171–1260 | | A Simple Golden Field | |
Tripoli
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Is the Crescent Moon a Symbol of Islam as Is Widely Believed?. 2022-01-18. Learn Religions. en.
- Web site: Libya . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: National Army, Libya . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Ground (Land) Forces, Libya . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Naval Forces, Libya . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Air Force, Libya . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Air Defence, Libya . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Book: Moore, Edwin . Collins Gem Guides: Flags of the World . Ross . David . 1986 . . 0-00-459503-3 . Glascow . 106 . en.
- Web site: Federation of Arab Republics (1 July 1972 - March 1977) . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Libya, 1969-1972 . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- cited after a copy kept by the library of Swiss Vexillological Society; c.f. Jos Poels at FOTW, 1997.
- Web site: For Amal, life (re)begins at 75 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911195449/http://feb17.info/news/for-amal-life-rebegins-at-75/ . 11 September 2012 . Feb17.info . 19 October 2011 . dead.
- English translation based on The Libyan Flag & The National Anthem, a booklet issued by the Ministry of Information and Guidance of the Kingdom of Libya, cited after Jos Poels at FOTW, 27 January 1997
- Web site: Libya, 1951-1972 . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Fezzan, Libya (spurious flag) . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Libya . 2022-03-11 . worldstatesmen.org.
- Web site: Libya in the "Book of All Kingdoms" . 2022-03-11 . www.fotw.info.
- Web site: Berbers . 2022-03-11 . www.crwflags.com.
