text:  The art of printing was first introduced in 1726 by a Hungarian renegade named Ibrahim (known as _Basmadji_ or the printer ) who was patronised by the Sultan Achmet III;--but the establishment languished after his death; and though revived in 1784 by Sultan Abdoul Hamid it was only after the destruction of the janissaries the enemies of every innovation that the press began to exhibit any thing like activity