Sorayya (newspaper)

Sorayya (Persian: The Pleiades) was one of the Persian publications which were published in Cairo, Egypt. The paper was the second Persian newspaper published there and was in circulation between 1898 and 1900.[1] It was among the Persian publications published abroad which contributed to the political awakening of Iranians.[2]

Sorayya
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)
  • Mirza Ali Mohammad Khan Kashani
  • Sayyid Farajullah Kashani
Editor-in-chiefMirza Ali Mohammad Khan Kashani
Founded31 October 1898
Political alignmentSecular
LanguagePersian
Ceased publication3 November 1900
HeadquartersCairo
CountryEgypt

History and profile

The first issue of Sorayya appeared on 31 October 1898.[1][3] Its founders were Mirza Ali Mohammad Khan Kashani and Sayyid Farajullah Kashani.[4] The former also edited the paper.[3][5] It was published on a weekly basis[1] and had a secular and liberal approach.[6][7] It frequently attacked Nasreddine Shah's Prime Minister Amin Al Sultan or known as Atabak.[7] Partly due to its critical approach circulation of Sorayya was banned by the Qajar authorities in Iran.[7] The paper was very popular and influential among the mullahs who were training in Najaf, Iraq.[8]

Due to the conflicts between Kaskani and another editor Farajallah Hosayni Kashani the former left Sorayya and established another Persian publication, Parvaresh in 1900.[3] Sorayya folded after the publication of the issue dated 3 November 1900.[1]

References
  1. Nassereddin Parvin (2009). "Persian Journalism in Egypt". Encyclopædia Iranica.
  2. Amin Banani (1959). Impact of the West on Iran, 1921-1941: A study in modernization of social institutions (PhD thesis). Stanford University. p. 16. ISBN 9781084919372. ProQuest 301883678.
  3. Kamran M. Dadkhah (July 1992). "Lebas-o Taqva: An Early Twentieth-Century Treatise on the Economy". Middle Eastern Studies. 28 (3): 550. doi:10.1080/00263209208700914.
  4. Negin Nabavi (2005). "Spreading the Word: Iran's First Constitutional Press and the Shaping of a 'New Era'". Middle East Critique. 14 (3): 309. doi:10.1080/10669920500280656.
  5. Ali Asghar Kia (1996). A review of journalism in Iran: the functions of the press and traditional communication channels in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran (PhD thesis). University of Wollongong. p. 166.
  6. Parvin Paidar (1997). Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-521-59572-8.
  7. Nikki R. Keddie (January 1969). "Iranian Politics 1900-1905: Background to Revolution". Middle Eastern Studies. 5 (1): 13,15. doi:10.1080/00263206908700116.
  8. Amir H. Ferdows (1967). The origins and development of the Persian constitutional movement (PhD thesis). Indiana University. p. 76. ISBN 9781085446808. ProQuest 302266220.
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