Majlis (magazine) explained

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.

History and profile

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Negin Nabavi. Spreading the Word: Iran's First Constitutional Press and the Shaping of a ‘New Era’. Middle East Critique. 2005. 14. 3. 309. 10.1080/10669920500280656.
  2. Niloofar Kasra: Foundation of Majlis Newspaper in 24 November 1906. Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies, Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. Book: Lawrence Pintak. Tim P. Vos. Folker Hanusch. The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. 2019. 8. Wiley-Blackwell. 10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0173. 9781118841570. Middle Eastern and North African Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0173.
  4. Janet Afary. (1991). Peasant Rebellions of the Caspian Region during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1909. International Journal of Middle East Studies 23(2), pp.137–161.
  5. Book: Peter Avery. 10.1017/CHOL9780521200950.023. Peter Avery. Gavin R. G. Hambly. Charles Melville. The Cambridge History of Iran. 1991. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9781139054997. 838. 7. Printing, the press and literature in modern Iran.