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This is a List of Flags used in Libya. for more information about the national flag, see the Flag of Libya

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
2011–present National Flag of Libya A horizontal triband of red, black (double width) and green; charged with a white crescent and five-pointed star centred on the black stripe.[1]</ref>[2][3][4]

Ethnic flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of The Daza people [citation needed]
Flag of The Berbers[5] A tricolour of Blue, Green and Yellow with a red Berber Tifinagh in the center.

Military flags

Flag Date Use Description
2011-present Naval Jack of Libya[6] a light blue field with the libyan tricolour in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor.
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
Flag of the Libyan National Army[7] a red field with the golden emblem in the center.
Flag of the Libyan Army[8] a red field with the emblem in the center.
Flag of the Libyan Navy[9] a blue field with the emblem in the center.
Flag of the Libyan Air Force[10] a cyan field with the emblem in the center.
Flag of the Libyan Air Defense Forces[11] a diagonally divided field. the upper triangle is blue and the lower triangle is brown and with the emblem in the center.
Flag of the Libyan National Army (Variant) a white field with the emblem in the center.

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1977-2011 Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya A simple green Field. It was the only national flag during that time in the world with only one colour.[12][13][14]
1974 Flag of the Arab Islamic Republic A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a red crescent moon and 5 pointed star in the center.
1972-1977 Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a golden eagle in the center.[15]
1969-1972 Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black.[16]
1951-1969 Flag of the Kingdom of Libya A horizontal triband of red, black (double width) and green; charged with a white crescent and five-pointed star centred on the black stripe.[17][18][19][20]
1949-1951 Flag of the Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames[21][22] A red field with a white crescent moon and a transparent 5 pointed star.
1949-1951 Flag of the Emirate of Cyrenaica A black field with a white crescent moon and a 5 pointed star.
1947-1951 Presidential standard of Vincent Auriol A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "VA".
1944-1951 Flag of the Provisional Government of the French Republic and The French Fourth Republic (Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames) A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1943-1944 Flag of the Free France A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2) with The Cross of Lorraine in the center.
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.
1943-1951 Flag of the United Kingdom (British Military Administration of Libya) A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
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.
1922-1934 Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt A Green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.
1918-1922 Flag of the Tripolitanian Republic A Cyan Field with a Green Palm tree in the center and a 5 pointed star.
1914-1922 Flag of the Sultanate of Egypt Red Flag with Three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.
1911-1943 Royal Standard of the King of Italy A blue flag with a eagle with crown and four crown at corners.
1911-1943 Flag of The Kingdom of Italy (Italian Tripolitania, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Libya) An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal Crown in the middle.
1890-1911 Imperial standard of the Ottoman sultan A Red Field with the sultan's tughra in the center
1881-1914 Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation Red flag with a white crescent containing a six-pointed white star.
1867-1881 Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt Red flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars.
1864-1911 Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania A Green Field with 3 white crescent moons.
1844-1911 Flag of the Ottoman Empire A Red Field with a White Crescent Moon and a five-pointed star.
1844-1867 Flag of Ottoman Egypt Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.
1800-1864 Flag of The Ottoman Tripolitania A 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white.
1793-1844 Flag of The Ottoman Empire A Red Field with a White Crescent Moon and a eight-pointed star.
1793-1844 Flag of Ottoman Egypt Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.
1771-1800 Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania A 7 horizontal striped flag. 3 red, 2 green and 2 white (big).
1530-1551 Flag of the Knights Hospitaller (Hospitaller Tripoli) Red rectangular flag quartered by a white cross.
1517-1793 Flag of the Ottoman Empire A Red Field with a Green disc in the center with 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc.
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).
1401-1510 Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of Tunis A Yellow Field with a White Crescent Moon and a five-pointed star.
1327-1401 Flag of the Kingdom of Tripoli[23] A White field with a palm tree in the center and 2 red keys on both sides of the tree.
1300-1327 Flag of the Hafsid Sultanate of Tunis A Red Field with a White Crescent Moon and 3 sestiere on the fly.
1260-1517 Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate A Golden Swallowtailed Field with a White Crescent Moon.
1231-1259 Flag of the Kanem Empire A White Field with a Green Palm Tree.
1174-1193 Saladin's personal standard A Golden Field with a Two-Headed Eagle in the Center.
1171-1260 Flag of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt A Simple Golden Field
1158-1212 Battle Banner of the Kingdom of Morocco under the Almohad Dynasty A Banner Similar to the Traditional Moroccan Carpet with Quran inscriptions written on it.
1158-1248 Flag of the Kingdom of Morocco under the Almohad Dynasty A Red Field with a Chess-like emblem in the center.
909-1171 Flag of the Fatimid Caliphate A Simple Green Field.
750-909 Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate A Simple Black Field.
661-750 Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate A Simple White Field.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ What's in a flag? – Libya. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. ^ Mark Tran (17 February 2011). "Bahrain in crisis and Middle East protests – live blog". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  4. ^ "What's the deal with the new Libyan flag?". Christian Science Monitor. 24 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Berbers". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  6. ^ "Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  7. ^ "National Army, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  8. ^ "Ground (Land) Forces, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  9. ^ "Naval Forces, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  10. ^ "Air Force, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  11. ^ "Air Defence, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  12. ^ "Libya Flag". Retrieved 12 December 2009. [verification needed]
  13. ^ "Staff of Libyan consulate in Egypt lower flag". Reuters. 22 February 2011. [verification needed]
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  15. ^ "Federation of Arab Republics (1 July 1972 - March 1977)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  16. ^ "Libya, 1969-1972". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  17. ^ cited after a copy kept by the library of Swiss Vexillological Society; c.f. Jos Poels at FOTW, 1997.
  18. ^ "For Amal, life (re)begins at 75 |". Feb17.info. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  19. ^ [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]
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