Which country or countries throughout history used the plain white flag?

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Which country or countries throughout history used the plain white flag?

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It seems as the Taliban used the plain white flag only during the two first years of its government (1996-97) while an Arabic text was written on the white flag in the period 1997-2001.

http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Afghanistan.htm

By the way, the text on the Taliban flag is probably the shahada:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahada

The white flag was also used by Oman:

http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Oman.html

Oct 07 2007, 5:32 PM

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Answer 1

"During the period of the Ancien Régime, in the 18th century, the royal standard of France became a plain white flag."
"During the Afghanistan civil war, the flag used by the Taliban was a plain white flag."
"During the Genpei War (1180–1185), the Minamoto clan fought under a white flag."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flag

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Oman did

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/om_musca.html

Oct 07 2007, 7:19 PM