Sarvajana Nesan
Cover of Sarvajana Nesan
TypeWeekly
PublisherA.L.C. Mohideen
Founded1886
LanguageArabic Tamil
Ceased publication1889
HeadquartersColombo

Sarvajana Nesan (Tamil: சர்வஜன நேசன், 'The Universal Friend') was an Arabic Tamil weekly newspaper published from Colombo, Ceylon 1886-1889.[1][2][3][4] Sarvajana Nesan covered general issues on politics, business and education.[1] Sarvajana Nesan was formed by a group of Ceylonese Muslims to oppose M.K. Cittilevvai, and Sarvajana Nesan served as a rival to his Muslim Nesan.[2] A.L.C. Mohideen was the printer and publisher of Sarvajana Nesan.[1]

Sarvajana Nesan was, along with Muslim Nesan, one of the two most prominent Muslim newspapers in the Tamil-speaking world at the time.[4] Sarvajana Nesan covered news from the Middle East, whilst it relied on material printed in Singai Nesan for news from South-East Asia.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hussein, Asiff. Sarandib: An Ethnological Study of the Muslims of Sri Lanka. [Nugegoda]: Asiff Hussein, 2007. pp. 53-54
  2. ^ a b Nuk̲amān̲, Em. Ē. Sri Lankan Muslims: Ethnic Identity Within Cultural Diversity. Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2007. p. 118
  3. ^ Gunasingam, Murugar. Primary sources for history of the Sri Lankan Tamils: a world-wide search. Colombo: M.V. Publications for the South Asian Studies Centre, Sydney, 2005. p. 47
  4. ^ a b Heng, Derek Thiam Soon, and Syed Muhd. Khairudin Aljunied. Singapore in Global History. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011. p. 74
  5. ^ Heng, Derek Thiam Soon, and Syed Muhd. Khairudin Aljunied. Singapore in Global History. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011. p. 82
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