Edhem Mulabdić (19 October 1862 – 29 January 1954) was a Croatian and Bosnian Muslim writer and co-founder of the political journal Behar.[2]
Edhem Mulabdić | |
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 Mulabdić in 1944 | |
| Born | 19 October 1862 Maglaj, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 29 January 1954 (aged 91) Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Pen name | Ašik Garib |
| Occupation | Novelist, historiographer |
| Language | Croatian[1] |
| Nationality | Croat[1] |
| Period | 1892-1944 |
| Notable works | Zeleno Busenje |
Biography
editEdhem Mulabdić was born in Maglaj in 1862, where he finished Islamic elementary school maktab and then got a job as a clerk. From Brčko he was transferred to Sarajevo, where he worked as a teacher at the Islamic school Dural-mualimmin. Soon he was elected to a national assembly in Maglaj. He stayed in that position until January 1929. Together with Safvet beg Bašagić and Osman Nuri Hadžić, Mulabdić would be one of the founders and originators of several welfare associations and publications, such as Behar in 1900 and Gajret in 1903.[3][4]
His novel Zeleno busenje is regarded as the most significant work of this author, as well as the first Bosnian Muslim novel.[5] Edhem Mulabdić's works would come to have huge importance of the development of the Bosniak culture and education in late 19th and early 20th century.
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- Zeleno busenje, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1898[6]
- Nova vremena, slika iz novijeg života u Bosni, Mostar, 1914
- Kumovi
- Garib
- Nišan
- Zekonja
- Tajno pismo
Stories
edit- Nesretan unuk
- Đuro Prepelica
- Aga i kmet
- Lov
- Tahiraga
- Šehiti
- Bajram
- Kućni rahatluk
- Uspomene u narodu
Others
edit- Kod starog djeda
- Osmanlija
- Rukovjet šale, Sarajevo, 1893
- Na obali Bosne (zbirka pripovijetki), Matica hrvatska, Zagreb
- Crtice, Sarajevo, 1907
- Izabrane pripovijesti, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1944
- Svak na posao, Sarajevo, 1934
- Izabrana djela, Sarajevo, 1974
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b Begović 2024, p. 89: Knjige mu jeste objavljivala Matica hrvatska, formalno se jeste deklarisao kao Hrvat (npr. u Narodnoj skupštini u Beogradu, no moguće da se 1927. izjasnio po nacionalnosti neodređeno), a jezik jeste uz "naš" nazivao i hrvatskim.
- ^ "Edhem Mulabdić". Avlija. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Safvet-beg Bašagić was Born on 6 May". Sarajevo Times. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "List "Behar"". Sigma. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Bosnjaci.Net". Bosnjaci.net. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ Edhem Mulabdić biografija, Učitano 23. oktobar 2013.
Bibliography
edit- Begović, Filip Mursel, ed. (2024). "Stjepan Radić: Ima ih 600 hiljada, ja sam se uvjerio, nisu ni Hrvati ni Srbi" [Stjepan Radić: There are 600 thousands of them, I convinced myself that they're neither Croats or Serbs] (PDF). Bosna (2). Bošnjačko nacionalno vijeć: 148. Retrieved 1 March 2025.