User:HistoryofIran/Mirza Saleh Shirazi

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Mirza Saleh Shirazi
Portrait of Mirza Saleh Shirazi by Karl Hampeln, dated 1829
Bornc. 1790
Diedc. 1845
Known forPublishing the first newspaper in Iran
Notable workSafarnameh

Mirza Saleh Shirāzi (Persian: میرزا صالح شیرازی; c. 1790c. 1845) was an Iranian court translator and diplomat, who published the first newspaper in Iran in 1837, the Kaghaz-e Akhbar (lit. "paper of news").