"Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan" (; "God Lengthen the Sultan's Age") is the state anthem of

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

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. The tune was originally that of 'La Rosalie', a popular song in

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during the 19th century, originally written by French composer

Pierre Jean de Beranger Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

. It was adopted as the Perak Royal Anthem by Sultan Abdullah Muhammad Shah II, who was exiled on Seychelles for abetting murder. In 1957, the

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of Malaysia, "

Negaraku "" () is the national anthem of Malaysia. It was adopted as the national anthem at the time of the Federation of Malaya's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. The tune was originally used as the regional anthem of the state of Perak� ...

" was set to the melody of "Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan".

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Perak State Anthem (From the Official Webpage of the Office of the Sultan of Perak)
Perak Anthems of Malaysia {{anthem-stub