Maṭbūʻāt-i siyāsī-i Īrān dar ʻaṣr-i mashrūṭīyat

This comprehensive study by ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Zākir Ḥusayn examines the evolution and impact of the political press in Īrān during the pivotal Constitutional (Mashrūṭah) era. The author analyses the complex interplay between the press and the primary power structures of the time: the religious establishment, Western-influenced modernists, and the autocratic monarchy. Beginning with the press landscape under the Qājār monarchs Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh and Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh, the text traces the development of journalism through the tumultuous periods of the early legislative assemblies (Majlis) and the transition to the Pahlavī dynasty. Significant attention is given to the legal framework governing publications, the history of censorship, and the role of political poetry. The work also covers later political developments involving the press, such as the movement for the nationalisation of the oil industry and the events surrounding Āzbayjān in the mid-20th century.