Printing Development in Ottoman Hijaz State 1883 -1918

Abstract

This study aims to highlight the development of printing in the state of Hijaz in the period from 1883 up to 1918, underlining the first endeavors of introducing printing to Hijaz and establishing it a s a practice there by the Ottoman Ruler Othman Noori Basha. For the study purpose, historical descriptive and analytical method was adopted. The study consists of an introduction, four chapters and a conclusion. The introduction looked at the early days of Ottoman State permission of establishing printing houses. Chapter one reviewed the early endeavors of scholars calling for introducing printing into Hijaz. Chapter two was concerned with printing house establishment efforts. Chapter three focused on the printing scholarly services. Chapter four demonstrated the emergence of private printing houses and the subsequent illuminative impact in Hijaz, both intellectually and culturally. The study revealed that scholars’ calls for starting and a printing house in Hijaz state reinforced by the Ottoman Ruler endeavors (Othman Noori Basha 1299 – 1309 H – 1882 -1891) in establishing it had contributed tremendously to the cultural movement development in the state of Hijaz in the period from 1883 to 1918.