Mehran (magazine)

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Mehran ({{langx|sd|مهراڻ}}) is a quarterly{{cite news|title=Sindh loses a unique literary figure|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/610005/sindh-loses-a-unique-literary-figure|accessdate=29 October 2015|work=Dawn|date=1 March 2011|archive-date=14 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914204148/http://www.dawn.com/news/610005/sindh-loses-a-unique-literary-figure|url-status=live}} literary magazine of the Sindhi Adabi Board.{{cite book|author=Jan Gonda|title=Sindhi Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMhmKS73XtIC&pg=PA35|accessdate=29 October 2015|year=1974|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|isbn=978-3-447-01560-8|page=35}} It is the oldest magazine in Pakistan and was started in 1947. Thousands of Mehran editions have been published. The magazine writes about all Sindhi literary people in its editions. It usually creates a particular edition for a single person, like Shaikh Ayaz, Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi, Mirza Qalich Baig, and many more. Mehran also provides an opportunity for new writers to write in it and many famous scholars started their careers with writing in the magazine.

In 2007 the Sindhi Adabi Board could not publish the magazine due to financial problems.{{cite news|title=Sindh Adabi Board scheme for world class literature in cold storage|url=http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/2007/10/sindh-adabi-board-scheme-for-world-class-literature-in-cold-storage/|accessdate=29 October 2015|work=Pakistan Press Foundation|date=6 October 2007}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}