Habl al-Matin

Ḥabl al-matīn
EditorMo'ayyed-al-Eslam, Sayyed Hasan and Shaikh Yahya Kashani
CategoriesPolitics
First issue1907
Final issue1908
CountryIran
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian
WebsiteḤabl al-matīn

The Persian-language magazine Habl al-Matin (Persian: حبل‌المتین, lit. 'Strong cord'), one of the most important political journals during the Iran Constitutional Revolution, was published daily in Teheran from 1907 to 1908.[1]

One volume with a total of 274 issues was published. Founded as subsidiary of the magazine Habl al-Matin which was published in Calcutta it should offer current news about Iran.[2] The founders and owners were Moayyed-al-Eslam, publisher of the Indian Habl al-Matin and his younger brother Sayyed Hasan. As of the 20th edition, Shaikh Yahya Kashani (Khamei), a well-known journalist and owner of the magazines Majles, Irān and Irān-e emruz was nominated as editor.[3] During the Constitutional Revolution, Hasan used the journal in order to support the movement in June 1908.[4] The magazine was suspended after the coup d'état of Mohammed Ali Shah and Sayyed Hasan was exiled.[5]

References

  1. ^ Edward G. Browne (1983): The Press and Poetry of Modern Persia. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, p. 74.
  2. ^ Nassereddin Parvin (2002): Ḥabl al-Matin. In: Encyclopædia Iranica. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/habl-al-matin (Retrieved 7 January 2019).
  3. ^ Nassereddin Parvin (2002): Ḥabl al-Matin. In: Encyclopædia Iranica. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/habl-al-matin (Retrieved 7 January 2019).
  4. ^ Nassereddin Parvin (2002): Ḥabl al-Matin. In: Encyclopædia Iranica. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/habl-al-matin (Retrieved 7 January 2019).
  5. ^ Edward G. Browne (1983): The Press and Poetry of Modern Persia. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, p. 74.