"As-Salam al-Malaki" (, literally "The Royal Salute") was the former national anthem of
Kingdom of Iraq
The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq ( ar, المملكة العراقية الهاشمية, translit=al-Mamlakah al-ʿIrāqiyyah ʾal-Hāshimyyah) was a state located in the Middle East from 1932 to 1958.
It was founded on 23 August 1921 as the Kingdo ...
from 1924 to 1958.
History
It was composed by Iraqi Army Band director Lieutenant A. Chaffon in 1924, a British military officer.
See also
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Ardulfurataini
"Arḍ ul-Furātayn" ( ar, أرض الفراتين, lit=Land of the Euphrates), also known as the "Land of The Two Rivers" or "Ardulfurataini", was the national anthem of Iraq from 1981 to 2003, during the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein.
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", the former Iraqi national anthem, used from 1981 to 2003.
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Mawtini
"" ( ar, موطني, lit=My Homeland) is the national anthem of Iraq, being adopted as such in 2004.
The song formerly served as an unofficial anthem of Palestine from the late 1930s Palestinian Arab revolt to 1996, when the country formally ...
", the current Iraqi national anthem since 2003.
References
External links
MP3 file
Asian anthems
Iraqi monarchy
Iraqi music
National symbols of Iraq
Royal anthems
Year of song unknown
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