1914 (by the Sultanate of Egypt) "Salam Affandina" (Egyptian Arabic: سلام أفندينا, lit.

'Salute of Our Lord') was the national anthem of Egypt from 1871 to 1922 and 1936–1952, then it was replaced by "Nashid al-Hurriya".

[4] The melody for the anthem was adopted by the Coptic Orthodox Church for the Papal Hymn of "Kalos Akee" (Coptic: Ⲕⲁⲗⲟⲥ ⲁⲕⲓ̀ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲙ̀ⲫⲟⲟⲩ).

This hymn is chanted to welcome the Coptic Pope upon his return to the homeland from travel abroad.

In the 20th century, Cantor Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny musically arranged the hymn to the tone of "Salam Affandina", which had been the Egyptian national anthem at the time.