1849-1918
The first newspaper published in Syriac. Issued on November “, 1849 in the city of Urmia (Iran), and its issuing date considered a national day to the Syriac press. It was published in collaboration between the Protestant Mission and a group of Syriac writers and journalists in Iran. In its early years it was edited by then writers and journalists including prominently its director Shmuel Badil Khancaldi and its editor-in-chief Eliyah Milah Bashi. In the beginning it was issued monthly in 10-12 pages and sometimes 8-10 pages, and bimonthly since 1897. The total publication number reached 800 over 69 years. It ceased to be published in 1918 with the beginning of the First me of the missionary Protestants, and World War.
