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

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and

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, where he earned a diploma in 1899. He first served in the district court in his hometown

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

, as well as Sarajevo. Hadžić later served in the Provincial Government in Sarajevo. During the

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, he was a manager in Dubica and

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, where he was when the

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collapsed.

Personal life

Hadžić had four daughters; daughter Bahrija (4 March 1904 – 24 October 1993) was a

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singer.

Works

*''Muhammed i Koran – kulturna istorija islama'' ("Muhammed and the Quran: A Cultural History of Islam"; 1931)

References

1869 births 1937 deaths Writers from Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims People from the Ottoman Empire of Bosnian descent 19th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire Writers from Austria-Hungary {{BosniaHerzegovina-writer-stub