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Show MMMMl'LltS 1 I'HWIl. According to aBwedlsh paper pub Hilled In Chicago, uowsjapert and magazines In 1'iT.la date their origin from the visit kf the Hhah to Kuropc. In the Journal, which this "king of kings" as the Hhah Is called In his own kingdom rcoently has published, hu relates that he notlteil 11 lVrlilsli cibmau with great Interest jrruilog a dally aptr. This nude him reflect on the power of the prest, and he forthwith forth-with orJectd the grand vizier, who accomianlol him, to direct hit attention atten-tion to thla mutter, i soon in they should again reach Teheran. The result re-sult was, that a rtsa department was added to u cnblnet, under the direction of Mohamed od-Dovlet, od-Dovlet, who Is eclebratid In his native na-tive couutry for n work on history and guogi liy of which he Is the author. Ho hit been supported by Kuropiant, particularly Trench, and educated re-nlaus, nid now tho country has about n dozen newspapers and muga-zlnes, muga-zlnes, '1 ho principal of these Is the organ of the government cein, which U entirely en-tirely devoted to the Internal affairs of ttie e-ouutr Thu com sjiondi tits of the papers uro officials of thu mall and telegrajh service. All their toutrl buttons commence with tho following Httreotjptd liratc. "Thanks to the governor (here follow his name and the name of his pro luce), wo aro loyal tuhlm. The o le and all the world are at peace and piny for your ma-Jetty ma-Jetty .' Next to this paper In Inlluenco arc tbe tbne polltU.aland literary Journals Jliiln, Ttrlcnl and TeUran. Two of these are published In Teheran and tho third In Ispahan. Their pdlllcnl columns col-umns are confined to brief accounts of llurorcan news, and their literary de- arlments contlsl chiefly of translations transla-tions of philosophical and historical works of western literature. An Illustrated toper called Shtrcf Is published In Teheran, but Its Illustrations Illustra-tions are only i botographlo pictures of I'erslati governors and romlneut l.u-ropcan l.u-ropcan statesmen. A religious par, ZoutShami Is published III the modern Hyrlun tongue, by l'rotestant missionaries In Oromla. The most widely circulated paiers are Mhlur and Jlamcuc, lho editor of the first of theso Is greatly esteemed among tho Mohamednus became he hat received western education and Is thoroughly anjualnled with oriental customs. Ho reprisonta what It known ss rau-ls'ainlstn. The second of these Journals advocates advo-cates the religious and political regeneration regen-eration of l'ersla h) return to the original Islam. |
