Parcham (Persian: Flag) was a political magazine that was published by social and religious critic and historian Ahmad Kasravi in the period 1942–1944. Stanisław Adam Jaśkowski argues that Parcham contained the Kasravi's writings which laid the basis of his religious ideas.[1]
| Categories | Political magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Founder | Ahmad Kasravi |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Final issue | 1944 |
| Country | Pahlavi Iran |
| Based in | Tehran |
| Language | Persian |
History and profile
editParcham was launched by Ahmad Kasravi in 1942.[2] It succeeded his previous publication Payman.[3] Parcham was published in Tehran on a biweekly basis.[1][4] It was the official organ of the political party, Azadegan, which was also established by Kasravi.[3] Parcham folded in 1944.[2]
Contributors and content
editAli-Akbar Hakamizadeh published articles in Parcham criticizing Shiʿism.[1] One of them was a 36-page article entitled Secrets of a Thousand Years.[5] Due to these articles Ruhollah Khomeini called for the murder of Kasravi who would be assassinated by the radicals on the steps of a courthouse in Tehran in 1946.[1][5] Khomeini also published a book in 1943 entitled Kashf-i asrar (Persian: The Unveiling of Secrets) to respond these claims.[5]
Legacy
editThe Chicago Persian Microfilms Project initiated by the University of Chicago in 1985 archived the issues of Parcham.[6] Stanisław Adam Jaśkowski published a book in 2017 about Parcham entitled Parcham – Journal of Ahmad Kasravi and His Followers: A Snapshot from the History of Press in Iran.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Evan J. Siegel (2021). "Book review". Iranian Studies. 54 (1–2): 337–340. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1699232. S2CID 214529107.
- ^ a b Minoo Ramyar (1969). Sayyed Ahmad Kasravi historian, language reformer and thinker (MA thesis). Durham University. p. 20.
- ^ a b Lloyd Ridgeon (2006). Sufi castigator. Ahmad Kasravi and the Iranian mystical tradition. London: Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 9780415665131.
- ^ M. Reza Ghods (January 1991). "Iranian Nationalism and Reza Shah". Middle Eastern Studies. 27 (1): 44. doi:10.1080/00263209108700845.
- ^ a b c Chad Kia (2014). "The Scum of Tabriz: Ahmad Kasravi and the Impulse to Reform Islam". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 41 (4): 501, 506. doi:10.1080/13530194.2014.932270. S2CID 159523732.
- ^ Laurie Abbott (July 1991). "Report of the Chicago Microfilms Project". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 25 (1): 36. doi:10.1017/S0026318400023658. JSTOR 23060983. S2CID 164443556.