The Musalman

The Musalman
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Syed Nasarulla
Founded1927
LanguageUrdu
HeadquartersChennai
Circulation22,000

The Musalman (Urdu: مسلمان, romanizedmusalmān) is the oldest Urdu-language daily newspaper published from Chennai in India.[1] It is an evening paper with four pages, all of which are handwritten by calligraphers, before being mass-produced with a printing press.[2] According to Wired and The Times of India, The Musalman is possibly the only surviving handwritten newspaper in the world.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Kamini Mathai (30 April 2008). "Each page of this Urdu newspaper is handwritten by 'katibs'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
  2. ^ Scott Carney (7 June 2007). "A Handwritten Daily Paper in India Faces the Digital Future". Wired. Retrieved 17 October 2015. (Also on ABC News)
  3. ^ Scott Carney (7 June 2007). "India's News Calligraphers Do It on Deadline". Wired. Retrieved 17 October 2015.