Allahu Akbar (anthem)
Egyptian pro-military patriotic song by Abdallah Shams El-Din / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the former national anthem of Libya. For the speech "Allahu Akbar", see Takbir. For the current national anthem of Libya, see Libya, Libya, Libya.
"Allahu Akbar" (Arabic: الله أكبر; lit. '"God Is the Greatest"') is a pro-military patriotic song composed by Egyptian songwriter Abdalla Shams El-Din in 1954 and written by the Egyptian poet Mahmoud El-Sherif in 1955 in Egypt. It was first used as an Egyptian military marching song during the Suez Crisis in 1956. From 2 March 1977 to 20 October 2011, the song was adopted as the national anthem of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi.
Anthem of Libya (3:01)
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English: God Is the Greatest | |
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الله أكبر | |
Former military anthem of the Egyptian Armed Forces Former national anthem of Libya | |
Lyrics | Mahmoud El-Sherif, 1955 |
Music | Abdalla Shams El-Din, 1954 |
Adopted | 1 September 1969 |
Readopted | 2 March 1977 |
Relinquished | 20 October 2011 |
Preceded by | "Walla Zaman Ya Selahy" (Egypt) |
Succeeded by | "Libya, Libya, Libya" (Libya) |
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