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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Musalman
| image =
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| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = 1927
| ceased publication =
| price = 75 [[paise]]
| owners = Syed Nasarulla
| publisher =
| editor =
| chiefeditor =
| assoceditor =
| maneditor =
| staff =
| language = [[Urdu]]
| political =
| circulation = 22,000
| headquarters = [[Chennai]]
| sister newspapers =
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'''''The Musalman''''' is the oldest [[Urdu]]-language daily newspaper published from [[Chennai]] in [[India]].<ref name="ToI_Each">{{cite news
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-30/chennai/27749690_1_evening-paper-newspaper-office-urdu
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120304233654/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-30/chennai/27749690_1_evening-paper-newspaper-office-urdu
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2012-03-04
| title = Each page of this Urdu newspaper is handwritten by 'katibs'
| author = Kamini Mathai
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| date = 2008-04-30
| accessdate = 2008-04-30
}}</ref> It is an evening paper with four pages, all of which are handwritten by [[calligrapher]]s, before being mass-produced with a printing press.<ref name="Wired_Future">{{cite web
| url = http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/07/last_calligraphers
| title = A Handwritten Daily Paper in India Faces the Digital Future
| author = Scott Carney
| publisher = [[Wired News|Wired]]
| date = 2007-06-07
| accessdate = 2015-10-17
}} (Also on [https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=3352037&page=1 ABC News])</ref> According to ''[[Wired News|Wired]]'' and ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''The Musalman'' is possibly the only surviving handwritten newspaper in the world.<ref name="ToI_Each"/><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/07/gallery_calligraphers
| title = India's News Calligraphers Do It on Deadline
| author = Scott Carney
| publisher = [[Wired News|Wired]]
| date = 2007-06-07
| accessdate = 2015-10-17
}}</ref>

==History==

The newspaper was founded by Syed Azmathullah in 1927.<ref name="ToI_Each"/> It was inaugurated by Dr. [[Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari]], the president of the Madras session of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Hindu_nurtures">{{cite news
| url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/11/02/stories/2007110250930700.htm
| title = Newspaper nurtures art
| author = Suganthy Krishnamachari
| publisher = [[The Hindu]]
| date = 2007-11-02
| accessdate = 2008-04-30
}}</ref> The newspaper's office has been located at the [[Triplicane]] High Road in Chennai.

After Syed Azmathullah's death, the newspaper was edited by his son Syed Fazlullah, who died on 26 April 2008, at the age of 78.<ref name="ToI_Each"/> In 2007, Fazullah had expressed fear that the calligraphy might die with him, since his sons were not interested in carrying on the calligraphy tradition.<ref>[http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/07/gallery_calligraphers?slide=7&slideView=5 Image 7 of 22]. ''India's News Calligraphers Do It on Deadline''. [[Wired News|Wired]].</ref><ref name="Wired_Future"/>

Syed Fazlullah's son Syed Arifullah is the chief editor as of April 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/the-worlds-only-handwritten-newspaper-is-91-and-sells-at-75-paise/article23528891.ece|title=The world’s only handwritten newspaper is 91 and sells at 75 paise|last=Krishna|first=Navmi|date=2018-04-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-01-08|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==The team==

The calligraphers, known as ''[[katib]]s'', work in a little corner of an 800 ft. one-room office. They don't have many facilities — only two wall [[electric fan|fans]], three [[electric bulb|bulbs]] and a [[tube light]].<ref name="ToI_Each"/> As of 2008, the calligraphy team consists of one man and two women, who work almost three hours on each page of the hand-written newspaper.<ref name="ToI_Each"/> The hand-written product is processed onto a photo negative and mass-produced with a [[printing press]].

As of 2007, Rahman Husseini is the chief katib (copywriter) of the paper. He joined the newspaper as an accountant, and took over as the katib, when the then chief katib died in 1980. In 2007, Rahman Husseni earned [[Indian rupee|₹]]2,500 a month, while the other ''katib''s Shabana and Khurshid earned [[Indian rupee|₹]]60 a day per page.<ref name="Hindu_nurtures"/>

The chief reporter is Chinnaswamy Balasubramaniam, who has been with the newspaper for past 20 years.<ref name="Hindu_nurtures"/> The newspaper has correspondents all over India, including [[New Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], and [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]].<ref name="ToI_Each"/>

The newspaper's office often hosts renowned poets, religious leaders and royalty, some of whom contribute to the pages.<ref name="Wired_Future"/>

== Format ==

The newspaper consists of four pages. The front page is for national and international news, the second and the third pages are for local news, and the fourth page is for sports. Some space is left blank at the bottom right corner of the front page, in case there is some breaking news.<ref name="ToI_Each"/>

As of April 2018, the paper is sold for 75 [[Indian paisa|paise]] a copy, and has around 21,000 subscribers.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUmdx2YHGcA ''The Musalman - Preservation of a Dream''], YouTube
* [http://musalman.100hands.net/ ''The Last Calligraphers''], A film by Premjit Ramachandran
* [https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/07/gallery_calligraphers Photos] by [http://www.scottcarneyonline.com/photos/Musalmaan%20Paper%20Photos/album/ Scott Carney], Wired News.

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