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Bahar (magazine)

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Bahār
EditorMirza Reza Khan Modabber-al-Mamalek,
Abbas Khalili
CategoriesLiterature, politics
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherEʿtesam-al-Molk
FounderYussef Etessami
First issueApril 1910
Final issueDecember 1922
CountryQajar Iran
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian
WebsiteBahār

Bahar (Persian: بهار; DMG: Bahār; English: "Spring") was a Persian-language magazine founded in Tehran, Iran, in 1910 by Mirza Yusof Khan Ashtiani, a Persian poet and journalist.[1] It was published monthly in two volumes (April 1910 – October 1911 and April 1921 –December 1922) in 17 or 16 editions.[1]

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At the beginning the publisher aimed to provide a forum for literary, scholarly, historical and political exchanges, as well as for the spread of information.[2] The published articles were primarily written or translated by E'tesam-al-Molk himself.[3] Editor-in-chief of the first volume was Mirza Reza Khan Modabber-al-Mamalek, the later editor of Tamaddon (1920). Abbas Khalili, who also published Eqdām [Fa] newspaper (1921), acted as editor-in-chief of the second volume.[4][1]

Under Khalili, the publication of literary topics and translations of European literature increased. Well-known examples include works of Victor Hugo and Rousseau as well as Lermontov's "Demon".[3] Discussions of contemporary Persian literature and literary criticism became increasingly popular among readers.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Yūsofī, Ḡ.-Ḥ. (15 December 1988). "BAHĀR (1)". iranicaonline.org. Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 5. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ Bahar (1910), 1st Issue.
  3. ^ a b Rypka, Jan (1959): Iranische Literaturgeschichte. Leipzig: VEB Otto Harrassowitz, p. 367.
  4. ^ Parvin, Nassereddin (15 December 1998). "Eqdām". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 5. p. 520.
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