[TATAR EMIGRES / FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF ISLAM IN MEIJI JAPAN BY THE FIRST IMAM OF TOKYO EXPELLED FROM RUSSIA] Alem-i Islâm ve Japonya’da intisâr-i Islâmiyyet [i.e., The world of Islam and the spread of Islam in Japan]. 2 volumes set

IBRAHIM, ABDURRESID (1857-1944). Ahmed Sâki Bey Matbaasi, Istanbul, AH 1328 = [1910]. Contemporary quarter black morocco with five raised bands on the spine, gilt lettering to compartments: title, volume number, with additional decorative elements. Original endpapers. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). Text in Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 2 volumes set: (620 p., a photographic portrait of Ibrahim and 41 numbered photographic plates (b/w); 1 b/w portrait of author, 243, [5] p.). Slight foxing on pages; otherwise, a very good copy. The first edition of this exceedingly rare, richly illustrated travel book is the earliest first-hand account in book form of Islam in Meiji Japan between 1907 and 1910. It was published recently after being serialized in the "Beyanü’l-Haq" newspaper in Kazan, which was owned by Ibrahim’s son Ahmed Münir. According to Cilâci, “This is the first comprehensive book on the Muslim communities of Japan and China,” and “this book was the first work t