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Hamdija Kreševljaković

حمديجا كريشيفلياكوفيتش

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Sarajevo

Bosnian historian from Sarajevo, regarded as one of the most significant historians of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a teacher and long-serving professor at the Gazi Husrev-beg Madrasa who wrote over 300 works on Bosnian history, above all the economic and cultural history of Ottoman Sarajevo, among them Esnafi i obrti u starom Sarajevu (Guilds and Crafts in Old Sarajevo).

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Roles
Historian · teacher
Region
Anatolia
Identifiers
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Life in time

1850187519001925195019752000
The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: A. K. Fazlul Huq · Abd el-Krim · Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani · Abdul Haq · Abdul Muis

In space

Sarajevo

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Place in the story

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    Career

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    Born in
    Sarajevo
    Died in
    Sarajevo

    People and things also explored

    Ali-beg Firdus· Alija Izetbegović· Edhem Mulabdić· Edin Džeko· Fehim Spaho· Husein Đozo· Husein Smajić· Ibrahim-beg Bašagić

    Sources

    • Hamdija Kreševljaković — English Wikipedia
    • Hamdija Kreševljaković — Bosnian Wikipedia
    • Hamdija Kreševljaković — Croatian Wikipedia
    • Hamdija Kreševljaković — Wikidata
    Cite this page

    islam.museum contributors. “Hamdija Kreševljaković”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hamdija-kresevljakovic/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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