Ḥikmat was the first Persian-language newspaper to be published in the Arab world. It was published in Cairo between 28 Ṣafar 1310/21 September 1892 and 1 Jumādā II 1329/30 May 1911 (although these dates have been misrecorded in several sources, see Kuhan, 1/166; Tarbiyat, 409). After twelve years, Ḥikmat adopted the format of a magazine as each issue increased in size and the content became more varied. The magazine catered to the needs of well-educated Iranian emigrés liv…