Bahar (magazine)

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

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]

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

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.