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| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Mirza Malkam Khan |
| Founder(s) | Mirza Malkam Khan |
| Publisher | Mirza Malkam Khan |
| Editor-in-chief | Mirza Malkam Khan |
| Founded | 20 February 1890 |
| Political alignment | Constitutionalist |
| Language | Persian |
| Ceased publication | 1898 |
| Headquarters | London |
| Country | Great Britain |
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Qanun (Persian: قانون, lit. 'Law') was a monthly newspaper which was published in London during the period 1890–1898. The founder and editor of the paper was Mirza Malkam Khan who served as the Qajar Iran's envoy to Britain and Italy. It is known to be the first oppositional publication of Iran[1] and was one of the publications which improved the political awareness of Iranians.[2]
- ^ Hossein Shahidi (December 2008). "Iranian Journalism and the Law in the Twentieth Century". Iranian Studies. 41 (5): 739–754. doi:10.1080/00210860802518376. S2CID 159664060.
- ^ Mehrdad Kia (1998). "Persian nationalism and the campaign for language purification". Middle Eastern Studies. 34 (2): 16–17. doi:10.1080/00263209808701220.