Person

Ibrahim Muteferrika

Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, and sociologist.

b. 1674 CE – d. 1745 CE World The Great Crossroads

Ibrahim Muteferrika (Turkish: İbrahim Müteferrika; 1674–1745 CE) 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.