Mohamed Sudqi Ayyash

Colonel Mohamed Sudqi Ayyash (1925-2000) was a Bahraini police band leader^[1] who wrote the words for the Bahraini national anthem, Bahrainona, used from Bahrain's independence from the United Kingdom in 1971 until 2002,^[2] when they were changed as a result of the country becoming an emirate.^[3]

^ "بريد البحرين يعلن عن اصدار ثلاثة طوابع تذكارية بمناسبة العيد الوطني وعيد الجلوس | وزارة المواصلات والاتصالات" [Bahrain Post announces the issuance of three commemorative stamps on the occasion of National Day and Accession Day]. Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications Kingdom of Bahrain. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
^ Central Intelligence Agency (2013). The CIA World Factbook 2014. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-62873-451-5.
^ Nee, Patrick W. (24 January 2014). Key Facts on Bahrain: Essential Information on Bahrain. The Internationalist. GGKEY:8N8EPXHQHPW.

[1] "بريد البحرين يعلن عن اصدار ثلاثة طوابع تذكارية بمناسبة العيد الوطني وعيد الجلوس | وزارة المواصلات والاتصالات" [Bahrain Post announces the issuance of three commemorative stamps on the occasion of National Day and Accession Day]. Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications Kingdom of Bahrain. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2022-01-16.

[2] Central Intelligence Agency (2013). The CIA World Factbook 2014. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-62873-451-5.

[3] Nee, Patrick W. (24 January 2014). Key Facts on Bahrain: Essential Information on Bahrain. The Internationalist. GGKEY:8N8EPXHQHPW.

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