Allah Peliharakan Sultan (Jawi: الله فليهاراكن سلطن ) (God Bless the Sultan) is the national anthem

National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

 of Brunei

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

 Darussalam. The anthem is sung in Malay, the national language of the country. It was written by Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Pengiran Abdul Rahim (later bestowed with the title Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Setia Negara Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Pengiran Abdul Rahim) and composed by Haji Awang Besar bin Sagap in 1940. It was adopted in 1942 as the national anthem of the British protectorate

Protectorate

In history, the term protectorate has two different meanings. In its earliest inception, which has been adopted by modern international law, it is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity...

 of Brunei

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

. It was adapted as the national anthem of Brunei Darussalam

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

 upon independence from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, and was sung as the national anthem of the independent state of Brunei Darussalam

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

 at the stroke of midnight 1 January 1984.

Usage

The national anthem is sung by schoolchildren in Brunei at the beginning of school during the raising of the national flag

Flag of Brunei

The national flag of Brunei was adopted in 1959 when the country was a British protectorate, and was retained when the country gained full independence on 1 January 1984 as Brunei Darussalam . The flag has the coat of arms of Brunei in the centre, on a yellow field...

 and national emblem

Crest of Brunei

The national crest of Brunei is featured prominently on the flag of Brunei. It was adopted in 1940. There are five main components to the national crest, according to the government's official website. They are the flag, the royal umbrella, the wing, the hands, and the crescent...

 on school assemblies. The national anthem is played each morning early breakfast on radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 and television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 by Radio Televisyen Brunei

Radio Television Brunei

Radio Televisyen Brunei is the state broadcaster of Brunei. Radio Brunei made its first broadcast on 2 May 1957, with a Television service starting in 1 March 1975...

(RTB) and at the sign-on and sign-off (replay rerun recorded sign-on) of its transmission for the day.

Lyrics

Jawi alphabet	Malay alphabet/Rumi Malay alphabet The modern Malay alphabet consists of the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet without any diacritics. It is the more common of the two alphabets used today to write the Malay language, the other being Jawi...	English translation
يا الله لنجوتكنله اوسيا كباوه دولي يڠ مها مليا عاديل بردولت منأوڠي نوسا مميمڤين رعية ککل بهاڬيا هيدوڤ سنتوسا نڬارا دان سلطان الهي سلامتكن بروني دارالسلام	Ya Allah lanjutkanlah Usia Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Adil berdaulat menaungi nusa Memimpin rakyat kekal bahagia Hidup sentosa Negara dan Sultan Ilahi selamatkan Brunei Darussalam	Oh God Bless His Majesty, With A Long Life Justly And Nobly Rule The Kingdom And Lead Our People Happily Forever Peacefully Be, The Kingdom and Sultan Almighty God, save Brunei, The Abode of Peace