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Sources do not agree about the flags used in Iraq during this period.
![[Iraq flag, 1920]](../images/i/iq_1920.gif)
image by Željko Heimer
According to Alexander & Smith [aLe92], the
earliest flag of Iraq (then called Mesopotamia) was based on the flag of the Kingdom of Hejaz. It was a
horizontal tricolor, ratio 1:2, black-green-white, with a red equilateral
triangle extending from the hoist, carrying two seven-pointed white stars, one
above the other. This flag was used from 1920 to 1921.
Jaume Ollé, 10 April 1999
![[Iraq flag, 1921]](../images/i/iq_1921.gif)
image by Željko
Heimer
According to [Alexander & Smith [aLe92], the flag
was then used without stars from 1921 to 1924.
Jaume Ollé, 10 April 1999
[Smith's Flags Through the Ages and Around the World [smi75c]
shows this flag for 1919-1920.
Ivan Sache, 05 April 1999
![[Iraq flag, 1922]](../images/i/iq_1922.gif)
image by
Željko Heimer
[Smith's Flags Through the Ages and Around the World [smi75c] shows for
1920-1924 a black-white-green flag, still without stars.
Ivan Sache, 05 April 1999
The latter flag was in use in 1958 when the Kingdom confederated with Jordan but
a coup d'état ended both the Kingdom and the Confederation.
Jaume Ollé, 10 April 1999
Faisal was the son of Hussein, the leader of the Arab revolt and therefore it
make sense that he used the flag of his father. His brother, Abdullah did the
same in Jordan. There was
no reason for using the Hijaz flag before that time since Iraq was not part of
the Hijaz Kingdom.
Dov Gutterman, 12 April 1999
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