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ANJOMAN (Newspaper)

ANJOMAN (Newspaper)

ANJOMAN, a newspaper published in Tabrīz in Raǰab 1325/February-March 1907 by the Anǰoman-e Mellī of Tabrīz, which had previously published Rūz-nāma-ye mellī and Jarīda-ye mellī. The former was the first newspaper to be published in Tabrīz after the proclamation of the Constitution. It was published two to four times a week, at first lithographed and later printed, and was said to have a circulation of 5,000. Among the contributors were the founder Mīrzā ʿAlī Akbar Khan, Sayyed ʿAlī-Akbar Wakīlī, and Mīrzā Moḥammad Ḡanīzāda. It is believed to have lasted about four years.

Bibliography

E. G. Browne, The Press and Poetry of Modern Persia, pp. 25, 46, 56, 97-98.

A. Kasravī, Mašrūṭa I, pp. 370-71.

M. Ṣadr Hāšemī, Tārīḵ-e ǰarāyed wa maǰallāt-e Īrān, Isfahan, 1327-32 Š./1948-53, I, pp. 286-88.

Cite this article

Elwell-Sutton, Laurence Paul. "ANJOMAN (Newspaper)." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 1985. https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_5473