- Near East University
Department of History
Nicosia North Cyprus
via Mersin 10 TURKEY - +90 (392) 444 0 YDU
Slobodan Ilić
Near East University, History, Faculty Member
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... 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.
Research Interests: Sufism and Ottoman Empire
The paper presents two previously unpublished firmans of Mehmed III and Mustafa II from the archive of the Serbian monastery of Visoki Dečani.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... 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The paper presents two previously unpublished firmans of Mehmed III and Mustafa II from the archive of the Serbian monastery of Visoki Dečani.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.
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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... 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.
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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... 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.
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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... 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.
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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... 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.
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14-17 January, 2022
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