[POKRASTVANE / FIRST PROPAGANDA BOOK DURING THE BALKAN WARS (1912-1913)] Âlâm-i Islâm: Bulgar vahsetleri... [i.e., The worlds of Islam: The pains of Muslims, Bulgarian atrocities to the attention of Muslims, humanity, and civilizations]

N.A., Matbaa-yi Hayriye ve Sürekâsi, Istanbul, [AH 1328] = 1912. COMPLETE TITLE: [POKRASTVANE / FIRST PROPAGANDA BOOK DURING THE BALKAN WARS (1912-1913)] Âlâm-i Islâm: Bulgar vahsetleri. Islâmiyetin enzâr-i basiretine ve âlem-i insaniyyet ve medeniyyetin nazar-i dikkatine. [i.e., The worlds of Islam: The pains of Muslims, Bulgarian atrocities to the attention of Muslims, humanity, and civilizations]. Original red wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 94, [1] p. First and only edition of this extremely rare “first propaganda pamphlet prepared against the Bulgarian atrocities by the Society for the Muslim Immigrants from Roumelia in the first year of the Balkan Wars” (Yolcu). This early pamphlet was published to influence public opinion to require support from the Ottoman public and to call on Ottomans to contribute to its activities such as donating money etc. by the Society for the Muslim Immigrants from Roumelia. While discussing th