Alamat Langkapuri

Alamat Lankapuri (Malay: علامت لڠكڤوري, 'News from the Island of Lanka') was a Malay language fortnightly publication in Jawi script, issued from Colombo, Ceylon. Alamat Lankapuri was first published in June 1869. It was the first Jawi script Malay-language newspaper printed worldwide. The newspaper was printed by lithograph. Baba Ounus Saldin was the publisher, editor and lithographer of Alamat Lankapuri. Saldin set up a printing press by the name of Alamat Langkapuri Press, which gained fame in the Muslim community of the island (which printed Muslim Malay and Arabu-Tamil literature).

Alamat Langkapuri

Alamat Lankapuri (Malay: علامت لڠكڤوري, 'News from the Island of Lanka') was a Malay language fortnightly publication in Jawi script, issued from Colombo, Ceylon. Alamat Lankapuri was first published in June 1869. It was the first Jawi script Malay-language newspaper printed worldwide. The newspaper was printed by lithograph. Baba Ounus Saldin was the publisher, editor and lithographer of Alamat Lankapuri. Saldin set up a printing press by the name of Alamat Langkapuri Press, which gained fame in the Muslim community of the island (which printed Muslim Malay and Arabu-Tamil literature).