Abdurahman Adil Čokić (1888–1954) was a Bosnian

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. He completed basic education in Behram-beg's Madrassa. He was enrolled in

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tribunal school 1908 but soon left and went to

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, where he enrolled at the Faculty of Theology and graduated in 1914. He then enrolled at the high school for different Islamic disciplines, which was completed 1917. And just a year after returning from his studies in

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, Čokić began to occur in notable Muslim newspapers. From then until 1945 he was a constant collaborator of many

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newspapers. Cooperation is especially prominent in his monthly Hikmet, which is in Tuzla started his regular collaborator 1929, and helps him in editing the paper. I was in New flowers Abdurahman Adil ef noticed associate. His works were published in Irsadu

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, Osvit and calendars Hope National and Croats. Čokić was born in

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where his father was a teacher, and he died in

References

Abdurrahman Cokic

Biography

1888 births 1954 deaths People from Brčko District Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims {{BosniaHerzegovina-bio-stub