Ive Mažuran (1928–2016) was a

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. Mažuran was a longtime editor at the

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publishing house where he edited several hundred textbooks and research publications. He also published some 100 research papers and about 20 books of his own work. His scholarly interest was focused primarily on the history of the city of

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and the surrounding region of

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in eastern Croatia, especially during the Ottoman rule period (between the 16th and 18th century). His ''

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'' is considered to be his book ''Hrvati i Osmansko carstvo'' (English: ''

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and the

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'') published in 1998. He died in 2016, aged 89.

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