Salam Affandina

Salam Affandina
سلام أفندينا

Former national anthem of Sultanate of Egypt Egypt
Also known asالسلام الجمهورى المصرى (English: "Egyptian Republican Anthem")
MusicGiuseppe Pugioli, 1871
Adopted1871 (by the Khedivate of Egypt)

1914 (by the Sultanate of Egypt)
August 27, 1936 (by the Kingdom of Egypt)

1953 (by the Republic of Egypt)
Relinquished1922 (by the Sultanate of Egypt)
1953 (by the Kingdom of Egypt)
1958 (by the Republic of Egypt)
Succeeded byWalla Zaman Ya Selahy
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Salam Affandina
Salam Affandina and Humat ad-Diyar, performed together as the anthem of the United Arab Republic in 1958-60

"Salam Affandina" (Egyptian Arabic: سلام أفندينا, lit.'Salute of Our Lord') was the national anthem of Egypt from 1871 to 1922 and 1936–1958, then it was replaced by "Walla Zaman Ya Selahy". It was renamed "Egyptian Republican Anthem" (Arabic: السلام الجمهورى المصرى) in 1953 after the Egyptian revolution of 1952.[1] It was instrumental and had no official lyrics.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Egypt (to 1958)". nationalanthems.info. Retrieved 26 October 2018.