As-Salam al-Amiri explained

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.

History and use

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . abdulaziznaser.com.
  2. Web site: National Anthem of Qatar. Royal Thai Embassy, Doha Qatar.
  3. Web site: Group of 77 and China Second South Summit: Information manual. g77.org. 23 January 2015.
  4. Book: The CIA World Factbook 2012. Central Intelligence Agency. 2012. 9781616083328.
  5. Web site: Poet's donation shines spotlight on origins of Qatar's national anthem. Doha News. 28 November 2015. 28 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208043233/http://dohanews.co/poets-donation-shines-spotlight-on-origins-of-qatars-national-anthem/. 8 December 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: Qatar National Anthem. Qatar National Library. 2019-01-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190101101958/https://www.qnl.qa/en/node/3043. 2019-01-01. dead.