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Johor
Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime ...
State Anthem ( ms, Lagu Bangsa Johor,
Jawi: لاݢو بڠسا جوهر, ), which was composed by Armenian bandmaster Mackertich Galistan Abdullah, had no official lyrics until 1914 when a staff member of the
Hong Kong Bank in
Johor Bahru, Hubert Allen Courtney, wrote the first English words and Haji Mohamed Said Hj. Sulaiman rewrote it in Malay. It was adapted from the famous Malay tune
Dondang Sayang and officially approved and adopted by Sultan Ibrahim in 1897.
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National AnthemsAnthem mp3Lagu Negeri Johor video
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