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Translation of: ʻAjāʼib al-maqdūr fī nawāʼib Tīmūr. Imprint taken from the colophon. Published by Ibrahim Müteferrika. Ibrahim Muteferrika, Ibrahim Müteferrika (Turkish: İbrahim Müteferrika; 1674–1745 CE) was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist,[1] and the first Muslim to run a printing press with movable Arabic type, Ibrahim Muteferrika was born in Kolozsvár (present-day Cluj-Napoca, Romania). He was an ethnic Hungarian Unitarian who converted to Islam. His original Hungarian language name is however unknown. A total of 17 titles have been published by Muteferrika at his own press during his lifetime : Kitab-ı Lügat-ı Vankulu (Sihah El-Cevheri), 2 volumes, 1729 Tuhfet-ül Kibar fi Esfar el-Bihar, 1729 Tarih-i Seyyah, 1729 Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi, 1730 Tarih-i Timur Gürgan, 1730 Tarih-I Mısr-i Kadim ve Mısr-i Cedid, 1730 Gülşen-i Hülefa, 1730 Grammaire Turque, 1730 Usul el-Hikem fi Nizam el-Ümem, 1732 Fiyuzat-ı Mıknatısiye, 1732 Cihan-nüma, 1732 Takvim el-Tevarih, 1733 Kitab-ı Tarih-i Naima, 2 volumes, 1734 Tarih-i Raşid, 3 volumes, 1735 Tarih-i Çelebizade, 1741 Ahval-i Gazavat der Diyar-ı Bosna, 1741 Kitab-ı Lisan el-Acem el Müsemma bi-Ferheng-i Şuuri, 2 volumes, 1742