ERŠĀD, title of two Persian newspapers and a magazine.
1. A Persian supplement (Waraqa-ye fārsī) to the Turkish newspaper Eršād (Baku). It was also sold separately. Thirteen issues of the Persian supplement were published between 16 Ḏu’l-qaʿda 1323 and 27 Ṣafar 1324/12 January and 22 April 1906. The publication carried news and articles dealing with progressive social themes and was edited by the well-known journalist and poet Adīb-al-Mamālek Moḥammad-Ṣādeq Farāhānī (q.v.).
The format was two four-column pages, 43 x 58 cm, typeset; it carried no illustrations or advertisements, was priced 3 rubles in Baku, 4 rubles elsewhere in Russia, and 5 rubles abroad. Copies are accessible at Tehran University Library, Majles Library I, and Cambridge University Library.
2. The title under which the Tehran daily Polīs-e Īrān was published from about 1333/1913 to 1336/1917. The publisher was Mortażāqolī Khan Moʾayyed-al-Mamālek (Fekrī) and the editor was Jawād Tabrīzī.
3. A monthly magazine of politics, society, and religion published in Tehran in 1962-64.
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(Nassereddin Parvin)
Originally Published: December 15, 1998
Last Updated: January 19, 2012
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