INTERESTING FACTS | HISTORY OF JOHOR | JOHOR STATE ANTHEM - PART ONE

FAKTA MENARIK | SEJARAH NEGERI JOHOR | LAGU BANGSA JOHOR - BAHAGIAN SATU
Pemodenan yang dilakukan oleh Sultan Sir Abu Bakar terhadap negeri Johor menjangkaui kebiasaan yang dilakukan oleh negeri-negeri Melayu ketika itu. Sebelum baginda memerintah, mengikut kebiasaan adat raja-raja Melayu, paluan nobat akan digunakan setiap kali keberangkatan Sultan dalam setiap istiadat rasmi.
Uniknya di Johor, lagu rasmi negeri Johor yang pada ketika itu dalam melodi dan versi Inggeris, dimainkan secara langsung oleh unit pancaragam Johor Military Forces (JMF) atau Askar Timbalan Setia Negeri.
Lagu rasmi Johor asalnya dipadankan dari melodi “Dondang Sayang”, sebuah lagu Melayu yang masyhur dipersetujui oleh Sultan Sir Ibrahim. Pada tahun 1885 Mckertich Galistan (MG Abdullah) seorang konduktor muzik Armenia yang merupakan ketua unit pancaragam JMF merekacipta melodi lagu “Selamat Sultan” dan dimainkan tanpa lirik.
Pada tahun 1910, Mr Hubert Allan Courtney yang mahir bermain piano dan bertugas di Hong Kong Shanghai Bank di Johor Bahru merekacipta liriknya di dalam bahasa inggeris bertajuk “God Save The Sultan”.
Sultan Sir Ibrahim memperkenankan dan liriknya kemudian ditukarkan kepada bahasa Melayu oleh setiausaha sulit Sultan Sir Ibrahim yang juga seorang pakar persuratan Melayu ketika itu iaitu Mejar Haji Mohamad Said Sulaiman dan pemain dram Abdul Rahim Abdul Karim beberapa tahun kemudian. Allah Peliharakan Sultan.
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INTERESTING FACTS | HISTORY OF JOHOR | JOHOR STATE ANTHEM - PART ONE
The modernisation done by Sultan Sir Ibrahim on Johor surpassed the norms of other Malay states at that time. Prior to His Majesty's reign, as per Malay rulers' customs, the beating of royal drums would be featured every time Sultan arrived for an official event.
Uniquely in Johor, the Johor state anthem at that time was in English verses and melody, played live by the Johor Military Forces (JMF) band unit.
The official Johor anthem originally used the melody of "Dondang Sayang", a popular Malay song that was approved by Sultan Sir Ibrahim. In 1885, Mckertich Galistan (MG Abdullah), a music conductor from Armenia who was the unit leader of the JMF band, wrote a "Selamat Sultan" melody that was played without lyrics.
In 1910, Mr Hubert Allan Courtney, who was proficient in playing piano and stationed at the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank in Johor Bahru, composed the lyrics in English titled "God Save The Sultan".
Sultan Sir Ibrahim approved of it and its lyrics were later changed into Malay by Sultan Sir Ibrahim's private secretary, Major Haji Mohamad Said Sulaiman who was an expert in Malay literature, and drummer Abdul Rahim Abdul Karim a few years later. Allah Peliharakan Sultan.

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