Bahar (magazine)

Not to be confused with Behar (magazine) or Bahar (newspaper).

Bahār

Editor	Mirza Reza Khan Modabber-al-Mamalek, Abbas Khalili
Categories	Literature, politics
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Eʿtesam-al-Molk
Founder	Yussef Etessami
First issue	April 1910
Final issue	December 1922
Country	Qajar Iran
Based in	Tehran
Language	Persian
Website	Bahār

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]

About

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

1. 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. 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.

External links

• Online-Version: Bahār