Khachatur Kesaratsi Explained

Birth Date:	1590
Birth Place:	Caesarea, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:	1646 (aged 55-56)
Death Place:	New Julfa, Safavid Iran
Known:	First printing press in Iran
Occupation:	Archbishop, printer

Khachatur Kesaratsi (hy|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, or 1636. In 1638, the first book was printed; a Saghmosaran (Psalter).

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