File:Flag of Syria (1930–1958, 1961–1963).svg

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English: The Syrian Independence flag, the flag of Syria from 1930-58 and 1961-63. Taken up in 2011 by the Syrian opposition.

An English language translation of the "Constitution of the State of Syria, Promulgated by a Decree of The High Commissioner of the French Republic, No. 3111 of May 14th, 1930" is printed in The League of Nations Official Journal, Vol. 11, September, 1930, p. 1112-1122. Article 4 (p. 1113) describes the flag:
"The Syrian flag shall be composed as follows, the length shall be double the height. It shall contain three bands of equal dimensions, the upper band being green, the middle band white, and the lower band black. The white portion shall bear three red stars in line, having five points each."

A letter from Rear-Admiral Deville, commander of the Levant Naval Division in Beirut, dated 22 August 1930, stated that
"The ensign of the State of Syria is a green-white-black tricolor flag with three red stars, proportion 1:2, placed horizontally in a row."

Date 1930–1958/1961–1963

Source Own work. Based on this source: Flags of the World - Historical Flags Since 1932 (Syria) and [1]

Author See File history below for details.

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Other versions

3:2 version (small stars)
2011 Revolution flag, 3:2 version (large stars)

Detailed color approximations

	Red	White	Green	Black
RGB	`206/17/38`	`255/255/255`	`0/122/61`	`0/0/0`
Hexadecimal	`#ce1126`	`#FFFFFF`	`#007a3d`	`#000000`
CMYK	`12/100/98/3`	`0/0/0/0`	`89/27/100/15`	`75/68/67/90`

Interpretation of the colors

Scheme	Textile colour
Red	The Hashemite dynasty, bloody struggle for freedom, three stars represent the provinces of Syria at that time — first: Damascus, Aleppo, Deir el-Zor, second: Jabal Druze, third: Jabal 'Alawiyin (Alawite State).
White	The Umayyad dynasty, bright and peaceful future.
Green	The Rashidun Caliphate, a fertile homeland.
Black	The Abbasid dynasty, a dark past.

File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:00, 25 February 2022		1,200 × 600 (499 bytes)	آاکبریان	Reverted to version as of 08:45, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
	09:59, 25 February 2022		1,280 × 854 (1 KB)	آاکبریان
	08:45, 16 February 2022		1,200 × 600 (499 bytes)	آاکبریان	Reverted to version as of 15:31, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
	08:44, 16 February 2022	No thumbnail	0 × 0 (820 bytes)	آاکبریان	Reverted to version as of 05:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
	15:31, 21 October 2019		1,200 × 600 (499 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Increased nominal dimensions. Centered "3 stars" group in the white band: now X=224.480; Y=228.000. Previous file(900x450): X=168.363 (+000.003); Y=171.500 (+000.500). Optimized svg code with code cleanup (and reduction). Successfully checked before upload by: "Jarry1250's tools" (Wikimedia Laboratory). No other changes.
	01:30, 16 October 2019		900 × 450 (570 bytes)	Thespoondragon	period sources show the stars significantly smaller
	06:20, 26 December 2018		900 × 450 (470 bytes)	Tcfc2349	fixed
	17:48, 6 March 2013		900 × 450 (489 bytes)	AlAboud83	Reverted to version as of 09:41, 21 January 2010
	17:35, 6 March 2013	No thumbnail	0 × 0 (820 bytes)	AlAboud83	Reverted to version as of 05:47, 27 March 2008
	09:41, 21 January 2010		900 × 450 (489 bytes)	Permjak	SVG code