Khachatur Kesaratsi

Khachatur Kesaratsi
Statue of Khachatur Kesaratsi in front of the museum dedicated to him, in New Julfa
Born	1590 Caesarea, Ottoman Empire
Died	1646 (aged 55-56) New Julfa, Safavid Iran
Occupation(s)	Archbishop, printer
Known for	First printing press in Iran

Khachatur Kesaratsi (Armenian: Խաչատուր Կեսարացի; 1590–1646) was an Armenian archbishop in Safavid Iran. He is credited with the founding of the first printing press in Iran, in 1633,^[1] or 1636.^[2] In 1638, the first book was printed; a Saghmosaran (Psalter).^[2][1]

References

1. Berberian 2001, p. 37.
2. Hacikyan et al. 2005, p. 45.

Sources

• Berberian, Houri (2001). Armenians and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911: "the Love for Freedom Has No Fatherland". Westview Press. ISBN 978-0813338170.
• Ghougassian, Vazken S. (2009). "JULFA i. SAFAVID PERIOD". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XV, Fasc. 2; Vol. XV, Fasc. 3. pp. 325–326, 225–231.
• Hacikyan, Agop Jack; Basmaijan, Gabriel; Franchuk, Edward S.; Ouzounian, Nourhan, eds. (2005). "The Heritage of Armenian Literature". The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0814332214.