""**** is**** the national**** anthem**** of**** Qatar,**** written by**** al****-Shaykh**** Mubārak bin Sayf**** al****-Thānī and composed**** by**** ʿAbdulʿazīz Nāṣṣir**** al****-ʿUbaydān**** al****-Fakhrū****.**** This was also the title of the Kuwaiti national anthem from 1951 to 1978.

History and use

The anthem was adopted on 7 December 1996 upon the accession of Shaykh Ḥamad bin Khalīfa al-Thānī to the throne. It was first used at a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting held in Qatar in December of that year. In 2015, Shaykh Mubārak bin Sayf al-Thānī presented the first written draft of the anthem to the Qatar National Museum, where it will be put on display.

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