Salih Safvet Bašić

صالح صفوت باشيتش

1886 CE · 1303 AH† – 1948 CE · 1367 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Bosnian pedagogue and religious administrator from Duvno (Tomislavgrad) who twice headed Yugoslavia's Islamic Community — as naib (deputy) in 1936–1938 and as acting reis-ul-ulema in 1942–1947 — without ever formally holding the reis title.