[BANNED ANTI-SMOKING MANIFESTO IN THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY] Risâletu mürsîdü'l-ihvân fî hakki'd-duhân. [i.e. Treatise enlightening our brothers about smoking and hookah]

OFLU ELHAC MUMAMMAD [MEHMED] EMIN EFENDI, (1815-1902), N.p., Istanbul, [AH 1309] = 1892. Original wrappers. Taken from a volume. Wear on spine, not bound. Overall a good copy. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 24 p. Lithographed edition. First and only edition of this extremely rare of this lithographed treatise of "anti-cigarette manifesto", claiming that smoking is "haram" and forbidden according to Islam in 23 articles, the harms of smoking in 43 articles, and the benefits of giving up every kind of tobaccos in 20 articles. After Immediately after the publication of the book, Emin Efendi was sentenced to exile for two years and the book was banned. According to some views, the author's exile was due to the force of the tobacco cartels in the Imperial Ottoman.Written in nashk calligraphic style with "hareke". "Tobacco, an important crop in Turkish agriculture, was introduced to the Ottoman Empire by European merchants in the late 16th