Arabic: السلام الأميري | |
English Title: | "Peace to the Emir" |
Prefix: | National |
Country: | Qatar |
Author: | al-Shaykh Mubārak bin Sayf al-Thānī |
Composer: | ʿAbdulʿazīz Nāṣṣir al-ʿUbaydān al-Fakhrū[1] |
Adopted: | 7 December 1996 |
Predecessor: | National anthem of Qatar (1954-1996) |
Sound: | National anthem of Qatar.ogg |
Sound Title: | U.S. Navy Band instrumental version |
"" (Arabic: السلام الأميري|lit=Peace to the Amir) is the national anthem of Qatar, written by al-Shaykh Mubārak bin Sayf al-Thānī and composed by ʿAbdulʿazīz Nāṣṣir al-ʿUbaydān al-Fakhrū.[2]
This was also the title of the Kuwaiti national anthem from 1951 to 1978.
The anthem was adopted on 7 December 1996 upon the accession of Shaykh Ḥamad bin Khalīfa al-Thānī to the throne.[3] It was first used at a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting held in Qatar in December of that year.[4]
In 2015, Shaykh Mubārak bin Sayf al-Thānī presented the first written draft of the anthem to the Qatar National Museum, where it will be put on display.[5]