Brunei
"Allah Peliharakan Sultan" (God Bless His Majesty)

Words by: Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Abdul Rahim
Music by: Awang Haji Besar bin Sagap
Adopted: 1951

The anthem of this tiny sultanate bordered by Malaysia was composed in 1947, almost 40 years before independence, when a group of youths decided that the nation should have a national anthem, and chose two of their own to write and compose it. It was adopted in 1951.