The French musician Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire composed this anthem in 1873 on the orders of Naser al-Din Shah.

In 1909, after the fall of Mohammad Ali Shah, the anthem was abolished,[3] and after the coronation of his son and successor Ahmad Shah in 1914, Salute of the Sublime State of Persia was adopted as the Iranian national anthem.

[4] This anthem was rearranged, recomposed and orchestrated by the Iranian composer Siavash Beizai [fa].

Due to the great popularity of this anthem, it has been increasingly misused by the official state broadcaster, IRIB, and the government without any permission from Siavash Beizai.

Bijan Taraqi [fa] was asked by Peyman Soltani, the leader of Melal Orchestra of Iran, to write lyrics for the old national anthem.