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{{Short description|Royal and national anthem of Iran (1933–79)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox anthem
| image         = Imperial Anthem of Iran.gif
| transcription = Sorude Šâhanšâhiye Irân
| title         = سرود شاهنشاهی ایران
| english_title = Imperial Anthem of Iran
| prefix        = Former royal
| country       = [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]]
| sound         = National Anthem of Iran 1925 -1979 (Vocal).ogg
| sound_title   = "Sorude Šâhanšâhi" (vocal)
| composer      = Davud Najmi Moqaddam
| author        = Sheikh Afsar
| music_date    = 1933<ref name=NAI/>
| lyrics_date   = 1933<ref name=NAI/>
| adopted       = {{Start date and age|1933}}<ref name=NAI>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/ir-79.htm|title=Iran (1933-1979)|date=2007|access-date=April 26, 2007|work=National Anthems Info|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426074023/http://www.nationalanthems.info/ir-79.htm|archive-date=April 26, 2007}}</ref>
| until         = {{Start date and age|1979|02}}<ref name=NAI/>
| predecessor   = "[[Salute of the Sublime State of Persia]]"
| successor     = "[[Payandeh Bada Iran]]" (as the national anthem)
}}

{{Listen
| type         = music
| filename     = Former_imperial_Iranian_royal_anthem,_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band.flac
| title        = Instrumental version
| description  = performed by the United States Navy Band
}}

The "'''Imperial Anthem of Iran'''" ({{langx|fa|سرود شاهنشاهی ایران|Sorude Šâhanšâhiye Irân}}), also known by its incipit "'''Long Live our King of Kings'''" ({{langx|fa|شاهنشه ما زنده بادا|Šâhanšâhe mâ zende bâdâ}}),<ref>{{citation|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1978–79|entry=IRAN: Keshvaré Shahanshahiyé Irân|publisher=Springer|year=2016|isbn=9780230271074|pages=674–682}}</ref> was the [[royal anthem]] of [[Pahlavi Iran|Iran]] from 1933 until the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979, when the monarchy was abolished.<ref name=NAI/>

Its tune, when set to a different respective set of lyrics, also served as Iran's [[national anthem]] and [[flag anthem]] at the time. This anthem was composed by the order of [[Reza Shah]] to the Iranian Literary Association.

== Lyrics ==
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! style="width: 300px;background-color:#228B22;color:#FFFFFF;" | Persian script
! style="width: 325px;background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#EBA400;" | UniPers Romanization
! style="width: 350px;background-color:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;" | IPA transcription
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|<poem>{{lang|fa|italic=no|شاهنشه ما زنده بادا
پايد کشور به فرش جاودان
کز پهلوی شد ملک ایران
صد ره بهتر ز عهد باستان
از دشمنان بودی پریشان
در سايه‌اش آسوده ایران
ايرانیان پيوسته شادان
همواره يزدان بود او را نگهبان

ای پرچم خورشید ایران
پرتو افکن به روی این جهان
یاد آور از آن روزگاری
کآسود از برق تیغت بر کران
در سایه‌ات جان می‌فشانیم
از دشمنان جان می‌ستانیم
ما وارث ملک کیانیم
همیشه خواهیم وطن را از دل و جان

بودیم و هستیم پیرو حق
جز حق هرگز نخواهیم از جهان
با شه‌پرستی مملکت را
داریم از دست دشمن در امان
ما پیرو کردار نیکیم
روشندل از پندار نیکیم
رخشنده از گفتار نیکیم
شد زین فضائل بلندآوازه ایران}}</poem>
|<poem>{{transliteration|fa|italic=no|Šâhanšâhe mâ zende bâdâ
Pâyad kešvar be faraš jâvedân
Kaz Pahlavi šod molke Irân
Sad rah behtar ze ahde bâsetân
Az došmanân budi parišân
Dar sâye-aš âsude Irân
Irâniyân peyvaste šâdân
Hamvâre Yazdân bovad u râ negahbân

Ey parčame xoršide Irân
Partow afkan be ruye in jahân
Yâd âvar az ân ruzegâri
Kâsud az barqe tiqat bar karân
Dar sâye at jân mifešânim
Az došmanân jân misetânim
Mâ vârese molke kiyânim
Hamiše xâhim vatan râ az del va jân

Budim va hastim peyrove haq
Joz haq hargez naxâhim az jahân
Bâ šâhparasti mamlekat râ
Dârim az daste došman dar amân
Mâ peyrove kerdâre nikim
Rowšandel az pendâre nikim
Raxšande az goftâre nikim
Šod zin fazâyel bolandâvâze Irân}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|wrap=none|[ʃɒː.hæn.ʃɒː.he mɒː zen.de bɒː.dɒː {{!}}]
[pʰɒː.jæd kʰeʃ.væɾ be fæ.ɾæʃ d͡ʒɒː.ve.dɒːn {{!}}]
[kʰæz pʰæh.læ.viː ʃod mol.kʰe (ʔ)iː.ɾɒːn {{!}}]
[sæd ræh beh.tʰæɾ ze (ʔ)æh.de bɒː.se.tʰɒːn ǁ]
[(ʔ)æz doʃ.mæ.nɒːn {{!}} buː.diː pʰæ.ɾiː.ʃɒːn {{!}}]
[dæɾ sɒː.je {{!}} (ʔ)æʃ (ʔ)ɒː.suː.de (ʔ)iːɾɒːn {{!}}]
[(ʔ)iː.ɾɒːɲ.jɒːn {{!}} pʰej.væs.tʰe ʃɒː.dɒːn {{!}}]
[hæɱ.vɒː.ɾe jæz.dɒːn {{!}} bo.væd (ʔ)uː.ɾɒː ne.gæh.bɒːn ǁ]

[(ʔ)ej pʰæɾ.t͡ʃʰæ.me xoɾ.ʃi.de (ʔ)iː.ɾɒːn {{!}}]
[pʰæɾ.tʰow (ʔ)æf.kʰæm be ruː.je (ʔ)iːn d͡ʒæ.hɒːn {{!}}]
[jɒːd (ʔ)ɒː.væɾ (ʔ)æz (ʔ)ɒːn ruː.ze.gɒː.ɾiː {{!}}]
[kʰɒː.suːd (ʔ)æz bæɾ.ɢe tʰiː.ɢætʰ bæɾ kʰæ.ɾɒːn ǁ]
[dæɾ sɒː.je {{!}} (ʔ)ætʰ d͡ʒɒːm miː.fe.ʃɒː.niːm {{!}}]
[(ʔ)æz doʃ.mæ.nɒːn {{!}} d͡ʒɒːm miː.se.tʰɒː.niːm {{!}}]
[mɒː vɒː.ɾe.se {{!}} mol.kʰe kʰiː.jɒː.niːm {{!}}]
[hæ.miː.ʃe xɒː.hiːm {{!}} væ.tʰæn rɒː (ʔ)æz del væ d͡ʒɒːn ǁ]

[buː.diːɱ væ hæs.tʰiːm pʰej.ɾo.ve hæɢ {{!}}]
[d͡ʒoz hæɢ hæɾ.gez næ.xɒː.hiːm (ʔ)æz d͡ʒæ.hɒːn {{!}}]
[bɒː ʃɒːh.pʰæ.ɾæs.tʰiː mæm.le.kʰɒːtʰ rɒː {{!}}]
[dɒː.ɾiːm (ʔ)æz dæs.tʰe doʃ.mæn dæɾ (ʔ)æ.mɒːn ǁ]
[mɒː pʰej.ɾo.ve kʰeɾ.dɒː.ɾe niː.kʰiːm {{!}}]
[row.ʃæn.del {{!}} (ʔ)æz pʰen.dɒː.ɾe niː.kʰiːm {{!}}]
[ræx.ʃæn.de {{!}} (ʔ)æz gof.tʰɒː.ɾe niː.kʰiːm {{!}}]
[ʃod ziːɱ fæ.zɒː.jel {{!}} bo.læn.dɒː.vɒː.ze (ʔ)iː.ɾɒːn ǁ]}}</poem>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!English translation
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;"
|<poem>Long live our [[Shah of Iran|King of Kings]],
And may His glory make immortal our land
For [[Pahlavi dynasty|Pahlavi]] improved Iran,
A hundredfold from where it once used to stand.
Though once beset by the foemen's rage,
Now it has peace in His keeping sure.
We of Iran, rejoice in every age,
O may [[Ahura Mazda|God]] protect Him both now and evermore.

O Sun that shines on [[Flag of Iran#Historical flags|Iran's banner]],
Shed upon each nation rays strong and fair.
Those days keep in our recollection
When [[Zulfiqar|thy flashing sword]] brought peace everywhere.
We give our lives in thy shade benign,
And take the lives of each enemy.
We are the heirs of [[Kayanian dynasty|Kayanid]]'s line;
O beloved land, ever wholly thine are we.

Of Right we've been and still are champions.
What is right is all we ever demand.
Through worship of King, we ever 
from the enemy will guard this our land.
"[[Zoroastrianism#Principal beliefs|Good Deeds]]" the first virtue of our call,
"[[Zoroastrianism#Principal beliefs|Good Thoughts]]" the light our hearts and minds to guide,
And through "[[Zoroastrianism#Principal beliefs|Good Speech]]" shining, one and all,
'Tis the fame of Iran that shall echo far and wide.</poem>
|}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Imperial Anthem of Iran}}
* [http://www.nationalanthems.info:80/ir-79.htm "Imperial Anthem of Iran"] at ''National Anthems Info''
{{National Anthems of Asia}}
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