From Chaw to the Ministry of Publication

The art of Printing and its related techniques have been of primary significance to Iranians since centuries ago. Although the art of printing has experienced many ups and downs during different eras in the history of Iran it seems that Safavi's were more concerned about it. However, this situation was not stable during Afsharieh and Zandieh. Qajar was but an important era regarding the development of Printing in Iran. In the same line, Abbas Mirza and Qaem Maqam, the Minister of Culture to his government, had important roles in developing the art of Printing. It is worth noticing the role of the West especially the European in this respect. Therefore, Iranians should not forget that, although people like Abbas Mirza, Mirza Saleh Shirazi, Qaem Maqam farahani, Amir Kabir and Mirza Hassan Khan Etemadolsaltaneh made remarkable efforts to establish and develop new organizations as regarded printing, this would not be possible without the help of the Europe. In fact, it should be noted that the Europe had a leading role in cultural development of Iran.