Egypt
"Es Salaam el gamhoury el masry"

Music by: unknown
In use: 1869-1960

Starting in 1869, Egypt had a royal anthem to honour the monarch. Popular belief was that it was Verdi who wrote the anthem, however, this may not be so, all that is known for sure was that the composer was Italian. Despite being composed by an Italian, the anthem is very typical of others used in the area at the time, a classic example of the "Arab fanfare" style of anthem.

It is unclear how long this anthem was in use until, however. The monarchy was deposed in 1952, however, this anthem was used as part of the anthem of the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1958. Any information on this would be appreciated.

Special thanks to: Peter van der Meulen for some of this information.

See also: Egypt (1960-1979), Egypt.