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In his learned and interesting paper, he tries to establish the claim of a Calcutta newspaper called Jam-i-Jehan Numa, as it was published much earlier than the Delhi Urdu Akhbar, that is in March, 1822.
" 11 Conformably with the intentions thus allowed, the editor acted upon the principle of copying from the English papers and publishing in Persian any article which suited his purpose, of inserting all sorts of correspondence,and more especially discussing openly and unreservedly the system of government pursued in Oudh and other Indian States allied to the British Government.
the newspaper published a Urdu Supplement and the following notice was published in English, "The Editor Jam-i-Jehan Numa begs leave respectfully to notify to the public that he has, with a view to rendering this publication more interesting, entertaining and instructive to· the · European portion of its supporters, resolved to publish in future a.
In support of his point of view he cites a notice from the first issue of Rajah Ram Mohan Roy's Persian Weekly, Mir'at-ul-Akhbar dated zoth April, 1822, which states, "The Editor informed the public that although many newspapers had been published· in the City to gratify their readers, yet there were none in Persian for the information of those who were well versed in that language.
When Nawab $adiq Ali, Faujdar of the heir-apparent died, his son Mir Shahid 'Ali succeeded him as Faujdar · The palace bulletin reports published by the paper inform its readers that Sayyid Hamid 'Ali Khan, Qilla'dar, was forbidden by the emperor to enter the fort.