Banner is a type of
administrative division
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
, and may more specifically refer to:
Compilation from Qing Dynasty era
*The
Eight Banners are former administrative divisions of China into which all
Manchu
The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...
households were placed, primarily for military purposes.
*Banner (Qosighun or khoshun) as former division of all
Mongols under Qing rule (includes Inner/
Outer Mongolia) grouped in aimag (league), sometimes transcribed by hoshuns or khoshuns, were the
battalion
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers. A battalion is commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into several Company (military unit), companies, each typically commanded by a Major (rank), ...
level of administrative/military subdivision in the Mongol army.
*
Banner (Inner Mongolia)
A banner (; ) is an administrative divisions of China, administrative division of the Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China, equivalent to a county-level administrative division.
Banners were first used during the Qing ...
as an administrative division of
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
, equivalent to a
Chinese county (, []) in the rest of China.
**An Autonomous banner is an area associated with one or more ethnic minorities designated as autonomous within the People's Republic of China.
*Kozhuun, subdivisions of former
Tannu Uriankhai and now Russian
Tuva.
Anatolia
*A
Bandon (Byzantine Empire) was the lowest Byzantine administrative-cum-military unit. "Bandon" means "banner".
*
Sanjak, literally "a banner, flag", was the original first level subdivision of the Ottoman Empire.
Arab world
*
Liwa, an Arabic term meaning "banner" is a type of
administrative division
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
. Used in conjunction with the
Ottoman–era term ''
sancağı'', denoting a region or district.
See also
*
Banner (disambiguation)
Notes and references
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