[MUSLIM CHILDREN IN CHINA] Etrapimdaki dunya (Miveler) = 我周围的世界（水果）/ Wô zhôuwêi de shîjiê (Shuîguô). [i.e., The World around me: Fruits]

DAVUT, HELME (Edited by).

Xinjiang Shinhôa Printinghouse, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (People's Republic of China), 1992.

Original illustrated wrappers. Oblong foolscap 8vo. (12,5 x 18,5 cm). Bilingual Uyghur and Chinese. [2], [41], [1] p., 41 colour offset lithograph. A fine copy.

First and likely only edition of the book on fruits published for Muslim children in China. Compiled and edited by a Uyghur author, it was published bilingually in Uyghur and Chinese in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Produced in alignment with the educational framework of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1990s, the book notably avoids any religious content. It includes colour plates illustrating 41 different fruits, accompanied by descriptive texts detailing the geographical regions where these fruits grow, their cultivation conditions, and related information. This book comes with a distinguished provenance, originating from the collection of Swedish diplomat and Turkologist Gunnar Valfrid Jarring (1907-2002).

One of 3600 copies (of the first printing, seemingly all published).

Xi Jinping administration in China for the Muslim peoples:

Although religious education for children is officially forbidden by law in China, the CCP allows Hui Muslims to violate this law and have their children educated in religion and attend Mosques while the law is enforced on Uyghurs. In Uyghur communities, Islamic education for children has been prohibited and teaching the Quran to children has resulted in criminal prosecution. After secondary education is completed, China then allows Hui students who are willing to embark on religious studies under an Imam. China does not enforce the law against children attending Mosques on non-Uyghurs in areas outside of Xinjiang. (Wikipedia).

As of November 2024, we couldn’t trace any copies in OCLC, KVK, and worldwide libraries.