The Mecidiye Marşı was the national anthem of the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Abdülmecid I (2 July 1839 – 25 June 1861) & Abdülmecid II (19 November 1922 - 3 March 1924).[citation needed] There were different anthems for each sultan.Franz Liszt visited the imperial capital and composed a paraphrase to this march named Grande paraphrase de la Marche de J. Donizetti composée pour Sa Majesté le Sultan Abdul-Medjid Khan. Donizetti had another march, Büyük Askerî Marş, also known as Grande marche de Medjidie, composed for Abdülmecid I during the same period. Donizetti mentions Liszt as enjoying the two imperial marches and obtaining the sheet music from him to play them as variations.
| English: March of Mecid | |
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Imperial anthem of  Ottoman Empire | |
| Music | Giuseppe Donizetti |
| Adopted | 1839 |
| Readopted | 1876 1922 |
| Relinquished | June 25, 1861 August 31, 1876 March 3, 1924 |
| Audio sample | |
Mecidiye Marşı
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See also
- Imperial anthems of the Ottoman Empire