Abdurahman Adil Čokić (1888–1954) was a Bosnian
Mufti
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. He completed basic education in
Behram-beg's Madrassa. He was enrolled in
Sharia
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tribunal school 1908 but soon left and went to
Istanbul
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, where he enrolled at the Faculty of Theology and graduated in 1914. He then enrolled at the high school for different Islamic disciplines, which was completed 1917.
And just a year after returning from his studies in Istanbul, Čokić began to occur in notable Muslim newspapers. From then until 1945 he was a constant collaborator of many Muslim newspapers. Cooperation is especially prominent in his monthly Hikmet, which is in Tuzla started his regular collaborator 1929, and helps him in editing the paper. I was in New flowers Abdurahman Adil ef noticed associate. His works were published in Irsadu Gajret, Osvit and calendars Hope National and Croats.
Čokić was born in
Brčko
Brčko ( sr-cyrl, Брчко, ) is a city and the administrative seat of Brčko District, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies on the banks of Sava river across from Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 39,893 inhabitants.
De jure, ...
where his father was a teacher, and he died in
Tuzla
Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants.
Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...
.
References
Abdurrahman Cokic
Biography
1888 births
1954 deaths
People from Brčko District
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims
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