Majlis | |
Category: | Politics, society, economics |
Publisher: | Mirza Mohsen Mojtahed |
Editor: | Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Tabatabaei |
Founder: | Mirza Mohsen Mojtahed |
Founded: | 1906 |
Firstdate: | 25 November 1906 |
Finaldate: | 1908 |
Country: | Qajar Iran |
Based: | Tehran |
Language: | Persian |
The Persian-language journal Majlis (Persian: مجلس|italic=yes|lit=Parliament / Assembly; DMG: Maǧlis) was published in Tehran between 1906 and 1908. A total of 325 issues was edited in one volume.
The first issue of Majlis appeared on 25 November 1906.[1] Each issue consisted of eight pages and was distributed free of charge.[2]
Majlis was considered to be the journal of the Persian Constitutional Revolution and the mouthpiece of the parliament.[3] It was dedicated to publishing parliament's negotiations and their results directly and unfiltrated to the public.[2] [4] A liberal reformer, Mirza Mohsen Mojtahed who was also known as Agha Mirza Mohsen was its founder and editor.[2] [3] Its chief editor was Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Tabatabaei.[2]
The magazine provided as much information about the rural dimension of the revolution as about the socio-economic situation in the country at that time as well as the various strikes and protests.[4] Letters to the editor also reflected the prevailing controversies between intellectuals, conservatives and the peasantry on various political issues.[4] During the period of its publication, the magazine was not subject to any state censorship unlike other publications such as Nida-yi Vatan.[2] [5]