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First Arabic type
Eli Smith did not bring Arabic type to Syria. Books in Arabic had been printed in Aleppo since the early 18th Century. There was also a printing press in al-Shuwayr in Beirut later in the 18th Century. Smith did bring a new Arabic Type, but it was definitely not the first one.

https://books.google.com/books?id=MCwqxVvW3zMC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=aleppo+printing+press&source=bl&ots=mnKl7h-yjW&sig=01zE_dJVuaalekkmau9n7U6sZmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWzZ7t7unaAhUGMt8KHfSLDmMQ6AEIXTAG#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/jq-articles/JQ%2036_Early%20Printing.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.125.251.238 (talk) 15:46, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

This is all correct. See also: https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/arabic-printing/page/printing_history_arabic_world

I don't see why this outdated reference has not been revised. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:5D07:E706:51FC:6F81:76BF:4859 (talk) 15:48, 12 February 2021 (UTC)