Bulaq Press

The Amiri Press building in Bulaq.
The Amiria Press Authority building in Imbaba in 2011.

The Amiri Press or Amiriya Press (Arabic: المطبعة الأميرية, المطابع الأميرية) (Al-Matba'a al-Amiriya) (also known as the Bulaq Press (مطبعة بولاق) due to its original location in Bulaq[1]) is a printing press, and one of the main agencies with which Muhammad Ali Pasha modernized Egypt.[2][3] The Amiri Press had a profound effect on Egyptian literature and intellectual life in the country and in the greater region, as scientific works in European languages were translated into Arabic.[4]

  1. ^ Gehan, Selim (2017). Unfinished places : the politics of (re)making Cairo's old quarters. London. ISBN 9781138860940. OCLC 962752615.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "The Bulaq Press". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. ^ Verdery, Richard N. (1971). "Brief Communications: The Publications of the Bulaq Press Under Muhammad Ali of Egypt" (PDF). Journal of the American Oriental Society. 91 (1): 129–132. doi:10.2307/600448. JSTOR 600448 – via www.ghazali.org.
  4. ^ Okerson, Ann (2009). "Near East Collection: Early Arabic Printing". Yale University Library.