Edhem Mulabdić (25 December 186229 January 1954) was a Croatian and Bosnian Muslim 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 a job as a clerk. From

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he was transferred to

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, 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. His novel ''Zeleno busenje'' is regarded as the most significant work of this author, as well as the first Bosnian Muslim novel. 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

Novels

* Zeleno busenje,

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, 1914 *Kumovi *Garib *Nišan *Zekonja *Tajno pismo

Stories

*Nesretan unuk *Đuro Prepelica *Aga i kmet *Lov *Tahiraga *Šehiti *Bajram *Kućni rahatluk *Uspomene u narodu

Others

*Kod starog djeda *Osmanlija *Rukovjet šale, Sarajevo, 1893 *Na obali Bosne (zbirka pripovijetki), Matica hrvatska, Zagreb *Crtice,

, 1907 *Izabrane pripovijesti, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1944 *Svak na posao, Sarajevo, 1934 *Izabrana djela, Sarajevo, 1974

Footnotes

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulabdic, Edhem 1862 births 1954 deaths People from Maglaj People from the Ottoman Empire Croatian Muslims Croatian writers Croatian nationalists Bosnia and Herzegovina writers Writers from Austria-Hungary