Allahu Akbar (anthem)

Allahu Akbar

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
Relinquished	20 October 2011
Preceded by	"Walla Zaman Ya Selahy" (Egypt)
Succeeded by	"Libya, Libya, Libya" (Libya)
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"Allahu Akbar" (Arabic: الله أكبر, lit. 'God Is the Greatest') is an Egyptian pro-military patriotic song composed by songwriter Abdalla Shams El-Din in 1954 and written by poet Mahmoud El-Sherif in 1955. It was first used by the Egyptian Armed Forces as a marching song during the Suez Crisis in 1956. The song was also used as the national anthem of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi from 1969 to 2011.