''Behar'' was a

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

political

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

published twice monthly between 1900 and 1911. The word ''behar'' (blossom in Bosnian) derives from

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

''bahār'' (spring, blossom). It was established in 1900 by Bosniak intellectuals

Edhem Mulabdić Edhem Mulabdić (19 October 1862 – 29 January 1954) was a Bosnian writer and co-founder of the political journal ''Behar''. Biography Edhem Mulabdić was born in Maglaj in 1862, where he finished Islamic elementary school maktab and then got ...

Safvet-beg Bašagić Dr. Safvet-beg Bašagić ( sr-cyrl, Сафвет-бег Башагић; 6 May 1870 – 9 April 1934), also known as Mirza Safvet, was a Bosnian writer who is often described by Bosniak historians as the "father of Bosnian Renaissance", and one of ...

, and

Osman Nuri Hadžić Osman Nuri Hadžić (28 June 1869 – 23 December 1937) was a Bosnian intellectual and writer. On 1 May 1900, he co-launched the political journal ''Behar'' with Safvet beg Bašagić and Edhem Mulabdić. Biography Hadžić was educated in Sara ...

, assisted financially by

Ademaga Mešić Ademaga Mešcić or Adem Aga Mešcić (25 March 1868 – 1 July 1945) was a Bosnian politician and military officer who served in the Austro-Hungarian ''Schutzkorps'', and later a member of the Ustaše government of the Independent State of Croat ...

. During the first eight years of existence it was primarily focused on religious and family topics. Magazine published articles on Islamic past and religion, literally works of local authors and translations of Oriental literature. In VII volume it regularly published 4 pages of text in

Turkish language Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...

, while from the IX volume it was also marked as a Croatian magazine. The magazine was published in

Gaj's Latin alphabet Gaj's Latin alphabet ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Gajeva latinica, separator=" / ", Гајева латиница}, ), also known as ( sh-Cyrl, абецеда, ) or ( sh-Cyrl, гајица, link=no, ), is the form of the Latin script used for writing Serb ...

. In addition to Bašagić and Mulabdić, Musa Ćazim Ćatić,

Džemaludin Čaušević Mehmed Džemaludin Effendi Čaušević ( sr-cyrl, Мехмед Џемалудин ефендија Чаушевић; 28 December 1870 – 28 March 1938) was a Bosnian Muslim theologian, thinker, educator, reformer, journalist, translator and ling ...

, and Ljudevit Dvorniković also served as editors during the decade that the magazine was published. A 1927 revival, called ''Novi behar'' (New Blossom), by

Hamdija Kreševljaković Hamdija Kreševljaković (18 September 1888 – 9 May 1959) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav historian. Biography Kreševljaković was born in Vratnik, a neighborhood in Sarajevo's Old Town. His father Mehmed (died 1929) was the son of Ibrahim Kreševl ...

and

Husein Dubravić Husein Đogo Dubravić (3 May 1880 – 11 September 1961) was a Bosnian comedic writer, historian, teacher, and publisher. He wrote about the history of Persian literature and general history of the Middle Ages. Dubravić revived the Bosnian pol ...

lasted until 1943.

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