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Ibrahim Muteferrika, First Ottoman printer

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ScholarFirst Ottoman printer

Ibrahim Muteferrikaابراهیم متفرقه

Approximate dateIstanbul

A Hungarian-born convert who set up the first Turkish-language printing press in Istanbul.

Born in Transylvania, he came to Istanbul, became Muslim and served as a diplomat. With a fatwa and the sultan's permission he opened a press, printing its first book, an Arabic-Turkish dictionary, in 1729. He printed maps, histories and science, but not the Quran, which scribes still copied.

What grew out of it?

His press opened the way for printed books in the Ottoman lands.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Istanbul (Constantinople)Ahmed IIIOttoman Empire

Who lived at the same time?

Ahmed IIIMoulay IsmailMustafa IIAhmed IISuleiman IIAurangzebNader ShahMahmud I

Source: history · Wikipedia

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