Abdulah "Avdo" Sumbul (27 April 1884 — 8 February 1915) was Serb Muslim literature journal editor and national activist in Austrian annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sumbul belonged to a group of Serb Muslims who were targeted as enemies by Austria Hungary and persecuted because of their ethnicity. He died in Austro-Hungarian concentration camp in Arad.

Biography

Sumbul and his family that included his sister, for certain period of time lived in the

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suburb known as Kovači. Sumbul was one of the founders of Muslim

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movement in Sarajevo. He was member of

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. In 1912, after the death of

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, the editing of

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was entrusted to Avdo Sumbul. In 1914 he was one of the editors of the magazine ''Vakat'', published in Sarajevo.

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emphasize that government of

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perceived and treated Muslims who self-declared themselves as Serbs as enemies of the interest of their state and organized their systematic persecution. Because of his anti-Austrian and pro-Serbian activities, Sumbul was interned to concentration camp in Arad. where he soon died.

Legacy

Sumbul's remains were transferred to Sarajevo where his grave is today, in the courtyard of Ali Pasha Mosque. In 1934, based on the order of Yugoslav king

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, a turbe mausoleum was built in honor of Avdo Sumbul and Behdžed Mutavelić. This mausoleums are part of symbolic unity with Chapel of Vidovdan's martyrs on Koševo Christian Orthodox cemetery. A street in Sarajevo bears Sumbul's name in his honor.

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