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). 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.
See also Imperial anthems of the Ottoman Empire
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