Liwa (Arabic)
Liwa (
" or "banner") has developed various meanings in Arabic:- a banner, in all senses (flag, advertising banner, election publicity banner, etc.)[1]
- a district;[2] see also: banner (administrative division)
- a level of military unit with its own ensign, now used as the equivalent to brigade[3]
- an officer commanding a number of liwa units, now equivalent to a major general[4]
In
French mandate of Syria to Turkey
in 1939, when it was Liwa’ Iskenderun.
References
- ISBN 9780415929141.
- ^ Foreign Maps. Department of the Army. 1956.
- ^ Flint, Julie (2004). Darfur Destroyed: Ethnic Cleansing by Government and Militia Forces in Western Sudan. Human Rights Watch.
- ISBN 9781134145638.
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