Ruznama-yi Millati

The Persian-language magazine Ruznama-yi Millati (Persian: روزنامه ملتی; translated: The National Journal), was published between 1866 and 1870 in Tehran.[1] It was published monthly in a total of 33 issues.[1] Together with the magazines Ruznama-i Dawlati and the Ruznama-i ʿilmi, Ruznama-yi Millati used to be published under the superintendence of Iʿtizāduʾ s-Salṭana.[1] The upper part of each page shows the figure of a mosque, which displays the national character of the magazine.[1]

Rūznāma-i millatī
EditorIʿtizāduʾ s-Salṭana
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1866
Final issue1870
CountryIran
Based inTehran
LanguagePersian
WebsiteRūznāma-i millatī

Its content focuses primary on the bibliographies of famous poets.[1] A stated goal of the magazine was to move away from the written language of the elite to the spoken language of the masses by adopting a style directed toward communication with the people (mardum).[2]

References
  1. Edward Granville Browne; Muḥammad ʿAlī Tarbīyat (1983). The Press and Poetry of Modern Persia: Partly Based On the Ms. Work of Mírzá Muḥammad ʿAlí Khán Tarbiyat" of Tabríz. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press. pp. 96–97.
  2. Touraj Atabaki (2009). Iran in the 20th Century: Historiography and Political Culture (PDF). London: I. B. Tauris & Company. p. 17.
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