Oman National Anthem

نشيد السلام السلطاني

Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani

The Sultan's Anthem

Written 1970

Adopted 1970

Lyrics Rashid bin Uzayyiz al-Khusaidi

Music James Frederick Mills

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Key Facts

1. The melody began as a salute: the bandmaster of the British ship HMS Hawkins, visiting Muscat, was asked to write a salutation for the Sultan's visit to the ship, and it was first performed on 10 December 1932
2. Royal Decree 2/2020 of 20 February 2020 replaced the closing lines, which had named Sultan Qaboos ("Rejoice, Qaboos has come, may heaven bless him"), with lines addressed to Oman ("So rise to the summit of the sky, fill the universe with light"), so the anthem no longer names any sultan
3. Sources differ on who wrote the words: the CIA World Factbook credits Rashid bin Uzayyiz al-Khusaidi, while the Omani newspaper Al Watan names the poet Hafidh bin Salim al-Ghassani, an adviser to Sultan Qaboos; the official text is published without an author's name
4. Oman is one of the oldest independent states in the Arab world, with a history stretching back thousands of years

Oman National Anthem Lyrics

يا ربَّنا احفظ لنا جلالة السلطان والشعبَ في الأوطان بالعزّ والأمان وليدمْ مؤيدا عاهلا ممجدا بالنفوسِ يفتدى يا عمان نحنُ من عهدِ النبي أوفياء من كرامِ العرب فارتقي هام السماء واملئي الكونَ الضياء واسعدي وانعمي بالرخاء

Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals

Analysis

Editorial

The melody dates from 1932 and is credited to James Frederick Mills. New lyrics were written in 1970, when Sultan Qaboos came to power and modernized the country, and they were revised in 2020, after his death, by a royal decree of his successor, Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. The anthem reflects Oman's monarchical tradition and Islamic faith.