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Ottoman Studies Research Guide: Newspapers

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Lisān Al-Ḥāl, One of the Prominent Arabic Newspapers in the Ottoman Empire, Published in Beirut.

Arabic Periodicals

الجوائب

Transliterated Title: Al-Jawā’ib

Available Both in E-Format and Microfilm (April 1869 - March 1884)

Call no.: MICNA Mic-NA:0032:1868-1869:APR-APR (Check the Link Above for Further Issues)

Published in Istanbul by Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq from 1869 till 1884.

لسان الحال

Transliterated Title: Lisān Al-Ḥāl

Available Both in E-Format and Microfilm (1877 - October 1975, Some Missing Issues)

Call no.: MICNA Mic-NA:0111:1877-1878:Oct-Oct (Check the Link Above for Further Issues)

Published in Beirut by Khalil Sarkis from 1877.  

ثمرات الفنون

Transliterated Title: Thamarāt Al-Funūn

Available Both in E-Format and Microfilm (April 1875 - November 1908)

Call no.: MICNA Mic-NA:00026:1875-1882:Apr-Jan (Check the Link Above for Further Issues).

Published in Beirut by Sheikh Abdulqadir Qabbani.

الحوادث

Transliterated Title: Al-Ḥawādith

Available Both in E-Format and Paperback.

Call no.: J 079:H389LA (Check the Link Above for Further Issues).

Published in Beirut by Luṭf Allāh Khallāṭ.

فلسطين

Transliterated Title: Filasṭīn

Available Both in E-Format and Paperback (July 1911 - March 1967)

Call no.: MICNA Mic-NA:0227:1929:JAN-DEC  (Check the Link Above for Further Issues).

Published in Yafa by ʻĪsá Dāwūd Al-ʻĪsá.

 

Ottoman Turkish Periodicals

رسملى كتاب

Transliterated Title: Resimli kitab

Available Both in E-Format and Microfilm (1906 - 1911)

Call no.: PA 059.9435:R22rT:v.1:1324 (Check the Link Above for Further Issues).

Edited by Faik Sabri, Written in Ottoman Turkish.

تقويم وقايع

Transliterated Title: Takvim-i Vekayi

Available in Paper Format (1908 - 1916)

Call no.: CA:PA:F 328.309561:T939tT:1325:Pt.6 (Check the Link Above for Further Issues).

Official newspaper of the Ottoman Empire. Published in Several Languages.

طنين

Transliterated Title: Ṭanīn

Available as a Microfilm Reel (July - October 1908)

Call no.: MICNA Mic-NA:0418:1908:JUL-OCT

Published in Istanbul in Ottoman Turkish. Founded by Tevfik Fikret.

ثروت فنون

Transliterated Title: Servet-i Fünûn

Available in Paperback (1891 - c. 1918)

Call no.: CA:PA:F 059:T361tT:v.1:1307 (Check the Link Above for Further Issues).

Published in Istanbul in Ottoman Turkish.

يكى غزته

Transliterated Title: Yeni Gazete

Available Both in Paperback and Microfilm (August - September 1908)

Call no.: MICNA Mic-NA:0373:1908:AUG-SEP

Published in Istanbul by Abdullah Zühdi, in Ottoman Turkish.