Mozaffari

Type of newspaper: Political, literary, scientific and economical newspaper Director: Abdolhamid Saqafi [Matin-ol-Saltaneh] , Ali Labib-ol-Mamalek Shirazi The date of publication: 1319 The place of publication: Booshehr Publication Interval: weekly

 Mozaffari has been founded in Booshehr with the management of Mirza AbdolHamid Khan Matin-ol-Saltaneh. The first issue of it was lithographed in and the news of its publication was reflected in "Adab" issue no. 11, second year under the title of "Mozaffari newspaper in Booshehr". The first issue of the forth year of Mozaffari was published in Booshehr in 16 pages with a good paper and with typography and without any indication of its manager, publisher and founder.
The name of the newspaper has been written twice in cursive writing and on top of the newspaper. There is the sign of the lion and sun above, and under it the year of its foundation has been printed. Its subscription fee in Booshehr for 6 months was 18 krans and annually it was 28 krans in other Iran's territorials 2 Tomans and 36 Krans. In India 6 and 10 rupees and throughout Europe 10 Francs and in Russia and Turkestan respectively 4 and 7 Menats. The price of advertisements was 1 Kran per a line.
Mozaffari was a free newspaper and was published 3 times monthly.

Under the title of the newspaper, this description has came. In this newspaper different news and useful subjects such as industry, literary and scientific essays and any bill which contains national and governmental interests, are discussed, and disinterested writings which will not be contradictory to the government and religion will be accepted and printed and the writings which are not published, will not returned to its writer. In each issue, the list of contents has been printed in the first page. From the beginning of the forth year, after the travel of the late Mirza AliAgha Shirazi, the manager of Mozaffari to India for supplying. Typography equipments and his return to Booshehr, the newspaper has been published in typography. The first issue of the seventh year was published during 16 weeks and in a small size while there is no reference to Booshehr printing house in it. In this issue there is a report under the title of (Arz-e-Makhsous)* indicating that the sixth year of its publication came to the end and the ignorant friends prevented from its improvement. Also in this issue, the orders of Ulama and religious scholars about the necessity of obedience towards the National Consultative Assembly has been printed.
The board of Mozaffari and its suppression

 
Mozaffari was among free newspaper which acted in parallel with "Hablolmatin" of India; then because Hablolmatin was not available, they took some steps for Mozaffari suppression and prevented its publication as it comes in the following lines:
At the time of premiership of Ein-od-Doleh Mozaffari was suppressed and its manager, Agha Mirza Ali Agha Labib-ol-Molk was imprisoned. His arrest was coincident with the forth year of the newspaper's publication. Sometimes later, with the mediation of Etemad-os-Saltaneh then the minister of publications, the newspaper was released from suppression. This matter has been printed in the issue no. 26, the third year of Chehre Nama which was published in Egypt dated under the title of " Lidings to the board of Education and Nationalists."

The director of Mozaffari after two years staying in Booshehr and the publication of the newspaper, in the time of Bombardment of Najlis and banishment of the freedom-loving from Tehran, escaped from Booshehr and went to India. He met Modabber-ol-Mamalek Harandi, the manager of Tamaddon there and left for Egypt. After he left for Mecca, he established Moaffari newspaper there and published one issue of it.

After establishing of Constitutional regime and the return of Constitutionalists to his country, the manager of Mozaffari also return from his journey to India, Egypt and Hijaz and he published his newspaper in his home Booshehr once more.
After 2 years staying in Booshehr and publishing of Mozaffari he was arrested in bath by the order of Booshehr ruler Movaghar-od-Doleh and then they exiled him to Rig port and again Mozaffari was closed. Then after one and half year staying in Rig port and Karbala he entered to Booshehr and had decided to go out from country it they wouldn't have agreed with his staying there but his opponents without giving him any chance, expelled him from that port. He after disappointment from coming to Iran, decided to found a newspaper in Karbala. Then he founded and published a newspaper there named Intigam. Mozaffari with this name was published by his son Mirza Mohammad Karim Shirazi after his death and its issues no. 3 and 4 was published en masse with previous style and characters in 8 pages and with small size, and it was printed 4 issues in one month.
The existent issues : (1319-1320, 1322-1326. 1328-1329).

* A special writing