Edhem Mulabdić
Edhem Mulabdić | |
|---|---|
 Mulabdić in 1944 | |
| Born | 19 October 1862 |
| Died | 29 January 1954 (aged 91) |
| Pen name | Ašik Garib |
| Occupation | Novelist, historiographer |
| Period | 1892-1944 |
| Notable works | Zeleno busenje, first Bosniak novel |
Edhem Mulabdić (25 December 1862 – 29 January 1954) was a Croatian and Bosniak writer[1] and co-founder of the political journal Behar.[2] He is best known as the author of Zeleno busenje, the first Bosniak novel.[3] He edited many political magazines including: Bošnjak, Gajret, Mearif, and Nada.
Biography
[edit]Edhem 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.[4][5]
His novel Zeleno busenje is regarded as the most significant work of this author, as well as the first Bosnian Muslim novel.[6] 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
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Zeleno busenje, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1898[7]
- 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]- ^ enciklopedija, Hrvatska. "Mulabdić, Edhem". Hrvatska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ "Edhem Mulabdić". Avlija. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Sanjin Kodrić, Sarajevo". www.ffzg.unizg.hr. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ "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.
