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Ćatović A., Mašić M. (eds) Čuvari baštine (Zbornik radova posvećen prof. dr. Fehimu Nametku), Sarajevo., 2024
In his standard anthology of Bektashi poetry (Bektaşî Şairleri 1944), in a chapter concerning th... more In his standard anthology of Bektashi poetry (Bektaşî Şairleri 1944), in a chapter
concerning the poets with unknown time of life, Sadettin Nüzhet Ergun published
also a naʻt-i düvāzde imām belonging to an Ottoman poet with the literary sobri-
quet Faḫrī, whose verses are often found in Bektashi poetry pocketbooks (cönk),
about whom, however, could not say anything. In the later printed anthologies
of Bektashi poetry, some of his poetical pieces were included, but again without
any information on the author. On the basis of the data I found in the manuscript
Ms 344 from the manuscript collection of National and University Library of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, containing among others divan of Faḫrī, I
can claim with confidence that the real name of the poet was ʻAbdullāh, and that
he was a sheikh of a Bektashi convent being active in Sarajevo in the second half
of the 19th century. From another manuscript (Ms 826), preserved in the same
library collection, and very probably of the same provenance, we learn that Faḫrī
was a murid of a certain Nādī Yūsuf Baba, who died 1278 AH, and being related
to Durbalı Sultan convent near Farsala in Thessaly (Greece), and that he was
alive 1301 AH. It is well known that, after the vak’a-i hayriyye edict of 1826, and
official ban on all Bektashi activities and transferring the Durbalı Sultân convent
to Naqshbandi administration, some dervishes took refuge abroad. Among the
places they maintained the activities was Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. The article aims at present to the scholar community poetical
work and mystical views of ʻAbdullāh Faḫrī Bosnevī in the frames of the time
and place he lived and wrote.
Papers by Slobodan Ilić
Anali Gazi Husrev-Begove biblioteke, 2022
Husein Lamekani (umro 1625), osmanski pjesnik i mistik, za sobom je ostavio i nekoliko mističnih ... more Husein Lamekani (umro 1625), osmanski pjesnik i mistik, za sobom je ostavio i nekoliko mističnih poslanica, od kojih se jedna bavi stupnjevima (maḳāmāt) na putu duhovnog usavršavanja derviša i stanjima (aṭvār) koje prolazi njegova duša na povratku svom božanskom izvoru. Danas je poslanica sačuvana u dva rukopisa, po jedan u Uppsali i Izmiru, a autor je donosi u prijevodu, sa neophodnim terminološkim komentarima.
Bulgarian Historical Review / Revue Bulgare d'Histoire, 2022
The paper presents two previously unpublished firmans of Mehmed III and Mustafa II from the archi... more The paper presents two previously unpublished firmans of Mehmed III and Mustafa II from the archive of the Serbian monastery of Visoki Dečani. The two documents offer an insight into the social and economic position of the Serbian Orthodox church under the Ottoman rule, and the life of the Christian subjects in the Ottoman Balkans.
V. Kursar, N. Moačanin & K. Jurin Starčević (Eds.). Evliya Çelebi in the Borderlands: New Insights and Novel Approaches to the Seyahatname (Western Balkans and Iran Sections) , 2021
During the course of my work on the partial edition of Evliyā Çelebi’s Book of Travel concerning ... more During the course of my work on the partial edition of Evliyā Çelebi’s Book of Travel concerning his route through Bosnia and Dalmatia, I also consulted all printed editions of the related parts, the most relevant being the Ottoman Turkish edition of Ahmed Cevdet (Istanbul: İkdam, 1896-1901), the partial Serbo-Croatian translation of Hazim Šabanović (Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1957), and the Modern Turkish edition published by Yapı Kredi Yayınları (Istanbul: YKY, 2006), claiming to be the definitive one. I find them all to be inadequate. The pitfalls and typical mistakes were scrutinized and classified in three categories: misreadings, mistranslations, and deliberate omittings.
Brill Encyclopedia of Islam 3rd Edition , 2021
Lamekani, Hüseyin Hüseyin Lamekani (üseyin Lmekn, d. 1035/1625) was a eyh (shaykh) of the he... more Lamekani, Hüseyin Hüseyin Lamekani (üseyin Lmekn, d. 1035/1625) was a eyh (shaykh) of the heterodox Melami (Melm) branch of the Bayrami (Bayrmi) dervish order, and a f author and poet. He is generally credited with the mitigation of animosity towards the order on the part of the Ottoman state and religious authorities, and the reconciliation with them, after the notorious persecution of the Melami-Bayrami heterodox protagonists smail Mauki (sml Mashq, d. 935/1528-9), Hüsamettin Ankarevi (üsm al-Dn Anqarav, d. 964/1556-7), and Hamza Bali (amza Bl, d. 969/1561-2). He wrote mostly on the subject of wadat al-wujd (unity of being), and was also known under different pen names, including Lazemani (Lzemn), Hüsamettin (üsm al-Dn), Hüsm (üsm), Hüsami (üsm), and Hüseyni (üseyn). Contemporary sources differ on the question of his origin. While Atai (A, d. 1045/1635-6) and Evliya Çelebi (Evliy, d. 1093/1682) decidedly assert
Middle Eastern Literatures, 2018
The final stage of the Ottoman conquest of the Western Balkans and the emergence of the first mat... more The final stage of the Ottoman conquest of the Western Balkans and the emergence of the first mature fruits of the indigenous Islamic culture concurs with the Ottoman-Safawi wars of the sixteenth century and state encouraged wave of orthodox propaganda, instrumentalizing, among others mystical orders close to Sunni doctrine. During the period the Mevlevi order dramatically spread also to far northwestern parts of the Empire, including Bosnia. Persianate culture and tradition of studying Persian language and literature in the Balkans were closely connected with this enterprise, generally attributed to the efforts of Divāne Mehmed Çelebi (d. 1529). Utilizing both printed and manuscript sources, the paper aims to offer an insight into litarary activities of the Mevlevi Order in the Ottoman Bosnia, whose focal points were mevlevihanes of Mostar and Sarajevo.
Bulgarian Historical Review / Revue Bulgare d'Histoire, 2017
In autumn and winter 1660, accompanying his patron Melek Aḥmed Pasha in an expedition against the... more In autumn and winter 1660, accompanying his patron Melek Aḥmed Pasha in an expedition against the Venetian fortifications in northern Dalmatia, the Ottoman traveller Evliyā Çelebi (d. 1684) toured Serbia, Bosnia and Dalmatian rocky hinterland, leaving a meticulous description of towns, fortresses, public buildings, and peoples of the region, including samples from the local languages. Assumed as being of no interest for general Turkish reader, these linguistic specimens have been for the most part left out in abbreviated printed editions, and consequently, in contemporary translations in western languages, including Serbian and Croatian. Using an Ottoman manuscript generally accepted as the archetype, if not even the autograph of the related fifth part of the work (Topkapı Sarayı, Bağdat Köşkü 307), the author introduces Evliyā’s Seyāḥatnāme (Book of Travel) as a work of linguistic, next to undisputed historical and literary significance.
Encyclopaedia of Islam 3, Brill Publishers, Leiden-Boston-Köln 2013.
TDV Islâm Ansiklopedisi, XXVII, Istanbul 2004.
LAMARTIN E, Alphonse de boyut, güçlü mistisizm ve panteizm şai rin sanatının özgün yönleridir. Va... more LAMARTIN E, Alphonse de boyut, güçlü mistisizm ve panteizm şai rin sanatının özgün yönleridir. Varlığın esran, ruhun ö l ümsüzlüğü, tabiat, hatırala rın tabiata emanet edilmesi gibi temaları eserlerinde ölümsüzleştirir.
Društvena istraživanja, XII, 3-4, pp. 581-587, Zagreb 2003.
It is generally assumed that the Bektashi dervish order has never been active on the territory of... more It is generally assumed that the Bektashi dervish order has never been active on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The author deals with a so far unknown source (a manuscript in Turkish from the National Library in Sarajevo) which undoubtedly proves an activity of the order in Bosnia even in the late 19th and early 20th centuries i.e. when the order was formally dissolved. In the mentioned manuscript there are some verses belonging to two Bektashi poets, Bosnevi and Fahri (probably from Sarajevo) evaluated as literary average but socially rather interesting personalities. Their poetry reveals elements of social and political satire as well as examples of the traditional extreme esoteric teachings of marginal groups in Islam. The author offers their verses which reflect the Bektashi spirit and the theological doctrine of the brotherhood, both in Turkish original and translation. The article sheds some light on the history of the Bektashi order, history of Bosnia-Herzegovina under Ottoman dominance as well as cultural history of Bosnia.
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 2001
Book Reviews by Slobodan Ilić
Journal of Ottoman Studies/Osmanlı Araştırmaları, 2017
Mawlana Rumi Review, 2015
Published by: Brill Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26810322 Accessed: 24-02-2020 18:23 ... more Published by: Brill Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26810322 Accessed: 24-02-2020 18:23 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.
Mawlana Rumi Review, 2014
Mawlana Rumi Review, 2013
Conference Presentations by Slobodan Ilić
by Marinos Sariyannis, Zeynep Aydogan, Nikolas Pissis, B. Harun Küçük, Baki Tezcan, Kostas Sarris, Slobodan Ilić, Maria Mavroudi, Guy Burak, Aslıhan Gürbüzel, Ahmet Tunç Şen, Side Emre, Nir Shafir, and Miri Shefer-Mossensohn
Ćatović A., Mašić M. (eds) Čuvari baštine (Zbornik radova posvećen prof. dr. Fehimu Nametku), Sarajevo., 2024
In his standard anthology of Bektashi poetry (Bektaşî Şairleri 1944), in a chapter concerning th... more In his standard anthology of Bektashi poetry (Bektaşî Şairleri 1944), in a chapter
concerning the poets with unknown time of life, Sadettin Nüzhet Ergun published
also a naʻt-i düvāzde imām belonging to an Ottoman poet with the literary sobri-
quet Faḫrī, whose verses are often found in Bektashi poetry pocketbooks (cönk),
about whom, however, could not say anything. In the later printed anthologies
of Bektashi poetry, some of his poetical pieces were included, but again without
any information on the author. On the basis of the data I found in the manuscript
Ms 344 from the manuscript collection of National and University Library of
Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, containing among others divan of Faḫrī, I
can claim with confidence that the real name of the poet was ʻAbdullāh, and that
he was a sheikh of a Bektashi convent being active in Sarajevo in the second half
of the 19th century. From another manuscript (Ms 826), preserved in the same
library collection, and very probably of the same provenance, we learn that Faḫrī
was a murid of a certain Nādī Yūsuf Baba, who died 1278 AH, and being related
to Durbalı Sultan convent near Farsala in Thessaly (Greece), and that he was
alive 1301 AH. It is well known that, after the vak’a-i hayriyye edict of 1826, and
official ban on all Bektashi activities and transferring the Durbalı Sultân convent
to Naqshbandi administration, some dervishes took refuge abroad. Among the
places they maintained the activities was Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. The article aims at present to the scholar community poetical
work and mystical views of ʻAbdullāh Faḫrī Bosnevī in the frames of the time
and place he lived and wrote.
Anali Gazi Husrev-Begove biblioteke, 2022
Husein Lamekani (umro 1625), osmanski pjesnik i mistik, za sobom je ostavio i nekoliko mističnih ... more Husein Lamekani (umro 1625), osmanski pjesnik i mistik, za sobom je ostavio i nekoliko mističnih poslanica, od kojih se jedna bavi stupnjevima (maḳāmāt) na putu duhovnog usavršavanja derviša i stanjima (aṭvār) koje prolazi njegova duša na povratku svom božanskom izvoru. Danas je poslanica sačuvana u dva rukopisa, po jedan u Uppsali i Izmiru, a autor je donosi u prijevodu, sa neophodnim terminološkim komentarima.
Bulgarian Historical Review / Revue Bulgare d'Histoire, 2022
The paper presents two previously unpublished firmans of Mehmed III and Mustafa II from the archi... more The paper presents two previously unpublished firmans of Mehmed III and Mustafa II from the archive of the Serbian monastery of Visoki Dečani. The two documents offer an insight into the social and economic position of the Serbian Orthodox church under the Ottoman rule, and the life of the Christian subjects in the Ottoman Balkans.
V. Kursar, N. Moačanin & K. Jurin Starčević (Eds.). Evliya Çelebi in the Borderlands: New Insights and Novel Approaches to the Seyahatname (Western Balkans and Iran Sections) , 2021
During the course of my work on the partial edition of Evliyā Çelebi’s Book of Travel concerning ... more During the course of my work on the partial edition of Evliyā Çelebi’s Book of Travel concerning his route through Bosnia and Dalmatia, I also consulted all printed editions of the related parts, the most relevant being the Ottoman Turkish edition of Ahmed Cevdet (Istanbul: İkdam, 1896-1901), the partial Serbo-Croatian translation of Hazim Šabanović (Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1957), and the Modern Turkish edition published by Yapı Kredi Yayınları (Istanbul: YKY, 2006), claiming to be the definitive one. I find them all to be inadequate. The pitfalls and typical mistakes were scrutinized and classified in three categories: misreadings, mistranslations, and deliberate omittings.
Brill Encyclopedia of Islam 3rd Edition , 2021
Lamekani, Hüseyin Hüseyin Lamekani (üseyin Lmekn, d. 1035/1625) was a eyh (shaykh) of the he... more Lamekani, Hüseyin Hüseyin Lamekani (üseyin Lmekn, d. 1035/1625) was a eyh (shaykh) of the heterodox Melami (Melm) branch of the Bayrami (Bayrmi) dervish order, and a f author and poet. He is generally credited with the mitigation of animosity towards the order on the part of the Ottoman state and religious authorities, and the reconciliation with them, after the notorious persecution of the Melami-Bayrami heterodox protagonists smail Mauki (sml Mashq, d. 935/1528-9), Hüsamettin Ankarevi (üsm al-Dn Anqarav, d. 964/1556-7), and Hamza Bali (amza Bl, d. 969/1561-2). He wrote mostly on the subject of wadat al-wujd (unity of being), and was also known under different pen names, including Lazemani (Lzemn), Hüsamettin (üsm al-Dn), Hüsm (üsm), Hüsami (üsm), and Hüseyni (üseyn). Contemporary sources differ on the question of his origin. While Atai (A, d. 1045/1635-6) and Evliya Çelebi (Evliy, d. 1093/1682) decidedly assert
Middle Eastern Literatures, 2018
The final stage of the Ottoman conquest of the Western Balkans and the emergence of the first mat... more The final stage of the Ottoman conquest of the Western Balkans and the emergence of the first mature fruits of the indigenous Islamic culture concurs with the Ottoman-Safawi wars of the sixteenth century and state encouraged wave of orthodox propaganda, instrumentalizing, among others mystical orders close to Sunni doctrine. During the period the Mevlevi order dramatically spread also to far northwestern parts of the Empire, including Bosnia. Persianate culture and tradition of studying Persian language and literature in the Balkans were closely connected with this enterprise, generally attributed to the efforts of Divāne Mehmed Çelebi (d. 1529). Utilizing both printed and manuscript sources, the paper aims to offer an insight into litarary activities of the Mevlevi Order in the Ottoman Bosnia, whose focal points were mevlevihanes of Mostar and Sarajevo.
Bulgarian Historical Review / Revue Bulgare d'Histoire, 2017
In autumn and winter 1660, accompanying his patron Melek Aḥmed Pasha in an expedition against the... more In autumn and winter 1660, accompanying his patron Melek Aḥmed Pasha in an expedition against the Venetian fortifications in northern Dalmatia, the Ottoman traveller Evliyā Çelebi (d. 1684) toured Serbia, Bosnia and Dalmatian rocky hinterland, leaving a meticulous description of towns, fortresses, public buildings, and peoples of the region, including samples from the local languages. Assumed as being of no interest for general Turkish reader, these linguistic specimens have been for the most part left out in abbreviated printed editions, and consequently, in contemporary translations in western languages, including Serbian and Croatian. Using an Ottoman manuscript generally accepted as the archetype, if not even the autograph of the related fifth part of the work (Topkapı Sarayı, Bağdat Köşkü 307), the author introduces Evliyā’s Seyāḥatnāme (Book of Travel) as a work of linguistic, next to undisputed historical and literary significance.
Encyclopaedia of Islam 3, Brill Publishers, Leiden-Boston-Köln 2013.
TDV Islâm Ansiklopedisi, XXVII, Istanbul 2004.
LAMARTIN E, Alphonse de boyut, güçlü mistisizm ve panteizm şai rin sanatının özgün yönleridir. Va... more LAMARTIN E, Alphonse de boyut, güçlü mistisizm ve panteizm şai rin sanatının özgün yönleridir. Varlığın esran, ruhun ö l ümsüzlüğü, tabiat, hatırala rın tabiata emanet edilmesi gibi temaları eserlerinde ölümsüzleştirir.
Društvena istraživanja, XII, 3-4, pp. 581-587, Zagreb 2003.
It is generally assumed that the Bektashi dervish order has never been active on the territory of... more It is generally assumed that the Bektashi dervish order has never been active on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The author deals with a so far unknown source (a manuscript in Turkish from the National Library in Sarajevo) which undoubtedly proves an activity of the order in Bosnia even in the late 19th and early 20th centuries i.e. when the order was formally dissolved. In the mentioned manuscript there are some verses belonging to two Bektashi poets, Bosnevi and Fahri (probably from Sarajevo) evaluated as literary average but socially rather interesting personalities. Their poetry reveals elements of social and political satire as well as examples of the traditional extreme esoteric teachings of marginal groups in Islam. The author offers their verses which reflect the Bektashi spirit and the theological doctrine of the brotherhood, both in Turkish original and translation. The article sheds some light on the history of the Bektashi order, history of Bosnia-Herzegovina under Ottoman dominance as well as cultural history of Bosnia.
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 2001
Journal of Ottoman Studies/Osmanlı Araştırmaları, 2017
Mawlana Rumi Review, 2015
Published by: Brill Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26810322 Accessed: 24-02-2020 18:23 ... more Published by: Brill Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26810322 Accessed: 24-02-2020 18:23 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.
Mawlana Rumi Review, 2014
Mawlana Rumi Review, 2013