First Iranian lithographic book was donated to the AQR Library

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The first lithographic book in Iran, which was published 193 years ago in Tabriz, was donated to the Library of Astan Quds Razavi by a citizen.

Javad Pourali, a retired Professor at the University of Tabriz, donated the book dating back to 1249 AH during a trip to the holy city of Mashhad. It is a volume of the Quran and a family heritage of this compatriot man. Seyyed Mohammad Reza Fazel Hashemi, the official in charge of evaluating the manuscripts of AQR, stated that the first books of lead printing were published in 1233 AH, and the first lithographic book was published in 1249 AH, in Tabriz, which is the same Quran.

At the end of this Quran, it is written that during the reign of Fat’h-Ali Shah of Qajar dynasty and the crown princedom of Abbas Mirza, Mohammad Saleh Shirazi went to Russia, and there he saw the printing industry and transferred the industry to Tabriz.
Fazel Hashemi referred to a part of the text which says, “He saw the new printing industry in that land and transported its machinery to the Sultanate of Tabriz, and made it a printing house. Auspiciously, the first version that came out on the Ramadan 25th 1249 is the word of God, the holy Quran…. »

That's an awesome donation.
 

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