Molla Nasraddin (magazine)
Molla Nasraddin #22 (c.1910)
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| Editor-in-chief | Jalil Mammadguluzadeh |
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| Staff writers |
Omar Faig Nemanzadeh Mirzəli Möcüz Şəbüstəri Mirza Alakbar Sabir Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev Ali Nazmi Əliqulu Qəmküsar Mammed Said Ordubadi Artistic contributors: Azim Azimzade Oscar Schmerling |
| Categories | Satire |
| Founder | Jalil Mammadguluzadeh |
| Year founded | 1906 |
| Final issue — Number |
1931 748 |
| Based in |
Tbilisi, Georgia (1906-17) Tabriz, Iran (1921) Baku, Azerbaijan (1922-31) |
| Language | Azerbaijani |
Molla Nasraddin (Azerbaijani: Molla Nəsrəddin, Russian: Молла Насреддинъ) was an eight-page Azerbaijani satirical periodical published in Tiflis (from 1906 to 1917), Tabriz (in 1921) and Baku (from 1922 to 1931) in the Azeri and occasionally Russian languages. The magazine was “read across the Muslim world from Morocco to Iran.” It was edited by the writer Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866-1932), and named after Nasreddin, the legendary Sufi wise man-cum-fool of the Middle Ages.
The periodical was founded by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, a famous Azerbaijani writer, and published by Geyrat Publishing House owned by him. The name "Molla Nasraddin" was inspired by the 13th century Muslim cleric Nasreddin who was remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes. The main purpose of the magazine was to satirically depict various social phænomena, such as inequality, cultural assimilation, and corruption; and to ridicule backward lifestyles and values of the clergy and religious fanatics. In their articles, the columnists in an implicit way called upon the readers to modernize and accept more advanced Western social norms and practices.
Bold and denunciative articles were the reason for numerous searches performed by the police and frequent bans of Molla Nasraddin (in 1912, 1914 and 1917). After a three-year break, Mammadguluzadeh moved to Tabriz, Iran, where within the next year he published eight more issues of the magazine.
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