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As Salam al Amiri

السلام الأميري
English: Peace to the Prince
as-Salām al-Amīrī
Emblem of Qatar.svg

National anthem of  Qatar
Lyrics Sheikh Mubarak bin Saif al-Thani
Music Abdulaziz Nasser Al Obaidan
Adopted 1996
Audio sample
as-Salām al-Amīrī (instrumental)

as-Salam al-Amiri (Arabic: السلام الأميري‎‎, as-Salām al-Amīrī, meaning "Peace to the Prince") is the national anthem of the state of Qatar. It was written by Sheikh Mubarak bin Saïf al Thani and the tune is the work of Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Obaidan Fakhro.

The anthem of Kuwait was also called as-Salam al-Amiri from 1951–1978.

The anthem was developed in December 1996 upon the accession of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to the throne. It was first used at a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting held in Qatar in December of that year.

In 2015, Sheikh Mubarak bin Saif Al Thani presented the first written draft of the anthem to the Qatar National Museum, where it will be put on display.

قسما قسما
قسما بمن رفع السماء
قسما بمن نشر الضياء
قطر ستبقي حرة تسمو
بروح الاوفياء
سيروا على نهج الألى
سيروا وعلى ضياء الانبياء
قطر بقلبي سيرة عز وأمجاد الاباء
قطر الرجال الاولين
حماتنا يوم النداء
وحمائم يوم السلام
جوارح يوم الفداء
قسما قسما
قسما بمن رفع السماء
قسما بمن نشر الضياء
قطر ستبقى حرة تسمو
بروح الأوفياء

Qasamān Qasamān
Qasamān biman rafa'a as-samāʾ
Qasamān biman nashara aḍ-ḍiyāʾ
Qaṭarun satabqa ḥawrratan
Tasmū birūḥi l-awfiyāʾ
Sīrūʾalā nahij l-awlā
Sīrūʾwaʾalā ḍiyā l-anbiyāʾ
Qaṭarun biqalbī sīratʾazun waʾamjād l-ibāʾ
Qaṭarun r-rijāl l-awalīn
Humātunā yawm an-nidāʾ
Wa-ḥamāʾimun yawm as-salām
Jawāriḥa yawm l-fidāʾ
Qasamān Qasamān
Qasamān biman rafa'a as-samāʾ
Qasamān biman nashara aḍ-ḍiyāʾ
Qaṭarun satabqa ḥawrratan
Tasmū birūḥi l-awfiyāʾ


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