Salam Affandina
Former Egyptian national anthem
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"Salām Affandīnā" (Arabic: سلام أفندينا; lit. 'Salute of Our Lord') was the national anthem of Egypt from 1871 to 1922 and 1936–1952, then it was replaced by "Nashīd al-Ḥurriyya" (lit. 'Hymn of Freedom').[1][3] It was renamed "Egyptian Republican Anthem" (السلام الجمهورى المصرى, As-Salām al-Jamhūrī al-Maṣrī) in 1953 after the Egyptian revolution of 1952.[4] It was instrumental and had no official lyrics.[4]
1914 (by the Sultanate of Egypt)
| English: Greetings to our Lord | |
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| سلام أفندينا | |
Former national anthem of  Egypt | |
| Also known as | السلام الجمهورى المصرى (English: Egyptian Republican Anthem) |
| Music | Giuseppe Pugioli, 1871 |
| Adopted | 1871 (by the Khedivate of Egypt) 1914 (by the Sultanate of Egypt) |
| Relinquished | 1958 (by the United Arab Republic) |
| Succeeded by | "Wallāh Zamān, Yā Silāḥī"[1][2] |
| Audio sample | |
Performed by the Royal Australian Air Force Central Band in 1957, directed by Laurence Henry Hicks. | |
Usage elsewhere
Usage by the Coptic Orthodox Church
The melody for the anthem was adopted by the Coptic Orthodox Church for the Papal Hymn of "Kalos Akee" (Coptic: Ⲕⲁⲗⲟⲥ ⲁⲕⲓ̀ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲙ̀ⲫⲟⲟⲩ). This hymn is chanted to welcome the Coptic Pope upon his return to the homeland from travel abroad.[5] Originally, the hymn had no original or unique tone of its own, with each of its verses being sung in a tone recycled from one of the other hymns of the church. In the 20th century, Cantor Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny musically arranged the hymn to the tone of "Salam Affandina", which had been the Egyptian national anthem at the time.[5]
Usage in Sephardic Synagogues
The melody of the song has been adopted by Sephardic Jews and is currently sung in Sephardic synagogues in Israel when the Torah Scroll is taken out of the ark.[6]
