First Ottoman printing press
- Period
- 1727
- Region
- Middle East
- Category
- Culture
Ibrahim Muteferrika was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist, and the first Muslim to run a printing press with movable Arabic type.
Sources: Wikipedia — Ibrahim Muteferrika · CC BY-SA 4.0
Earlier and later events nearby
- 1054East–West Schism
- 1402Battle of Ankara
- 1453Fall of Constantinople
- 1727First Ottoman printing pressThis page
- 1839Tanzimat reforms begin
- 1876Promulgation of the Ottoman constitution
- 1923Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey
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