Compilation from Qing Dynasty era
*The Eight Banners are former administrative divisions of China into which all Manchu households were placed, primarily for military purposes. *Banner (Qosighun or khoshun) as former division of all Mongolia under Qing rule, Mongols under Qing rule (includes Inner/Outer Mongolia) grouped in aimag (league), sometimes transcribed by hoshuns or khoshuns, were the battalion level of administrative/military subdivision in the Mongol army. *Banner (Inner Mongolia) as an administrative division of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China, equivalent to a Counties of the People's Republic of China, 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 (Arabic), Liwa, an Arabic term meaning "banner" as a type of administrative division.See also
*Banner (disambiguation)Notes and references
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