Allahu Akbar (anthem)
"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.
| English: God Is the Greatest | |
|---|---|
| الله أكبر | |
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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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