Hamdija Kreševljaković

Hamdija Kreševljaković (18 September 1888 – 9 May 1959) was a Bosniak historian.

Hamdija Kreševljaković
Born(1888-09-18)18 September 1888
Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary
Died9 May 1959(1959-05-09) (aged 70)
Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationHistorian
LanguageBosnian
NationalityBosniak

Biography

Kreševljaković was born in Vratnik,[1] a neighborhood in Sarajevo's Old Town. His father Mehmed (died 1929) was the son of Ibrahim Kreševljaković.

He completed schooling 1 August 1912.[2] Three primary schools in Sarajevo, Kakanj and Gradačac carry his name.[3]

Descendants

Kreševljaković's son Muhamed (1939–2001) served as the Mayor of Sarajevo from 1990 until 1994, during most of the Bosnian War.[4] Muhamed's son, Nihad Kreševljaković, is a historian and the director of the Sarajevo War Theatre. Muhamed's son, Sead Kreševljaković, is a film-doc producer at Al Jazeera Balkans and the Consul General of the Republic of San Marino in Sarajevo.

Bibliography
  • Sarajevo za vrijeme austrougarske uprave (Sarajevo in the time of Austro-Hungarian administration, 1946)[5]
  • Vodovodi i gradnje na vodi[6]

References
  1. "Rođen Hamdija Kreševljaković". Historija. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. "Sjećanje: Hamdija Kreševljaković". Sarajevo. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. "OŠ "Hamdija Kreševljaković"". OSHK. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. "Oko 200 bh. građana dalo podršku projektu 'Učini svojim!'". Radio Sarajevo. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. "188 fenjera". Radio Sarajevo. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. "Evlija Čelebija o Sarajevu: Bijelo zrno bisera". Radio Sarajevo. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.


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