Majlis (magazine)

1906 Persian-language magazine (1906–1908)

Majlis

Editor| Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Tabatabaei
Categories| Politics, society, economics
Publisher| Mirza Mohsen Mojtahed
Founder| Mirza Mohsen Mojtahed
Founded| 1906
First issue| 25 November 1906
Final issue| 1908
Country| Qajar Iran
Based in| Tehran
Language| Persian
Website| nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5:1-225319

The Persian-language journal Majlis (Persian: مجلس, 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

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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]

## References

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1. ^ Negin Nabavi (2005). "Spreading the Word: Iran's First Constitutional Press and the Shaping of a 'New Era'". Middle East Critique. 14 (3): 309. doi:10.1080/10669920500280656.
2. ^ a b c d e Niloofar Kasra: Foundation of Majlis Newspaper in 24 November 1906[permanent dead link]. Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies, Retrieved 24 April 2019.
3. ^ a b Lawrence Pintak (2019). "Middle Eastern and North African Journalism". In Tim P. Vos; Folker Hanusch (eds.). The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 8\. doi:10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0173. ISBN 9781118841570.
4. ^ a b c 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. ^ Peter Avery (1991). "Printing, the press and literature in modern Iran". In Peter Avery; Gavin R. G. Hambly; Charles Melville (eds.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 7\. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 838\. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521200950.023. ISBN 9781139054997.

## External links

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* Online-Version: Majlis
* Media related to Majles (newspaper) at Wikimedia Commons