Habl al-Matin

The Persian-language magazine Habl al-Matin (Persian: حبل‌المتین, lit. 'Strong cord'), one of the most important political journals during the Iran Constitutional Revolution, was published daily in Teheran from 1907 to 1908.^[1]

Ḥabl al-matīn

Editor	Mo'ayyed-al-Eslam, Sayyed Hasan and Shaikh Yahya Kashani
Categories	Politics
First issue	1907
Final issue	1908
Country	Iran
Based in	Tehran
Language	Persian
Website	Ḥabl al-matīn

One volume with a total of 274 issues was published. Founded as subsidiary of the magazine Habl al-Matin which was published in Calcutta it should offer current news about Iran.^[2] The founders and owners were Moayyed-al-Eslam, publisher of the Indian Habl al-Matin and his younger brother Sayyed Hasan. As of the 20th edition, Shaikh Yahya Kashani (Khamei), a well-known journalist and owner of the magazines Majles, Irān and Irān-e emruz was nominated as editor.^[3] During the Constitutional Revolution, Hasan used the journal in order to support the movement in June 1908.^[4] The magazine was suspended after the coup d'état of Mohammed Ali Shah and Sayyed Hasan was exiled.^[5]