First published at 13:53 UTC on January 1st, 2021.
The music, in the “Arab fanfare” style of anthem, is taken from a salute to the Sultan by a British ship in 1932. The bandmaster of the HMS Hawkins, while visiting Muscat, was asked to write a salutation for the Sultan on the occasion of his visitin…
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The music, in the “Arab fanfare” style of anthem, is taken from a salute to the Sultan by a British ship in 1932. The bandmaster of the HMS Hawkins, while visiting Muscat, was asked to write a salutation for the Sultan on the occasion of his visiting the Hawkins. The tune was composed and first performed on the occasion of the visit, December 10, 1932. Originally, there were different words to the anthem. When the former Sultan, Qâbus ben-Saʿyed ʾâl-Saʿyed, took power in 1970 and changed the name of the country to Oman (from Muscat and Oman), new words were written. A slight change to the harmonization was made on November 6, 1996.
Upon Qâbus’ death in 2020, the last three lines of the anthem were changed to remove references to him.
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