Mihajlo "Mićo" Ljubibratić ( sr-cyr, Мићо Љубибратић; 1839 – 26 February 1889) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander), Orthodox priest, writer and translator that participated in the many uprisings in the
Herzegovina
Herzegovina ( or ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hercegovina, separator=" / ", Херцеговина, ) is the southern and smaller of two main geographical region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia. It has never had strictly defined geogra ...
region. He was the first person in the
Balkans
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to translate the
Quran
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into
Serbian.
Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Albanian translations would follow in the 20th century.
Life
Mihajlo Ljubibratić was born in
Ljubovo,
Trebinje
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(modern
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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). In the Herzegovinian Uprising (1857–1862), he joined
Luka Vukalović
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People
* Luka (given name), a South Slavic masculine given name cognate of Luke, and a Japanese given name
* Luka (singer), stage name of Brazilian singer and songwriter Luciana Karina Santos de Lima (born 1979)
* Luka Keʻelik ...
. He supported
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...
in the Italian revolution. After the fall of the uprising (1862), he goes to Serbia where he continues organizing the liberation of Balkan peoples, also seeking to add Slavic Muslims in the bands. In the
Herzegovina Uprising (1875-1878) Herzegovina uprising or Herzegovinian uprising may refer to:
* Herzegovina uprising (1596–97), fought by Serbs in Herzegovina against the Ottoman Empire, 1596–1597
* Herzegovina uprising (1852–62), fought by Serbs in Herzegovina against the O ...
, the Serbian government, which dare not to publicly assist because of international pressure, secretly sends Ljubibratić among others to lead the uprising. In March 1876, he fights in Bosnia, but is captured and interrogated by the Austrians. In March 1877, he returns to Serbia, and upon the
Herzegovina-Boka Uprising (1882), he devotes himself to establish an administrative body and the cooperation of Serbs and Muslims (i.e.
Bosniaks
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) against the
Austro-Hungarian
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s.
See also
*
Stevan Šupljikac
Stevan Šupljikac ( sr-cyr, Стеван Шупљикац; 1786 – 15 December 1848), known simply as Vojvoda Šupljikac was a Serbian ''voivode'' and the first voivode of the Serbian Vojvodina.
Life
He was born in Petrinja, in 1786. He ...
, ''voivode'' in Austrian service, the first Duke of
Serbian Vojvodina
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(1848)
References
Sources
* ''Vojna enciklopedija'', Belgrade 1973, book five, page 163
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1839 births
1889 deaths
People from Trebinje
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
19th-century Serbian people
Serbian military leaders
Serbian revolutionaries
Armed priests
Quran translators
19th-century translators