Two years in the history of the Bosnian regions (1479 and 1480) - according to Ibn Kemal
Two years in the history of the Bosnian regions (1479 and 1480) - according to Ibn Kemal

Summary/Abstract: The seventh volume of The History of the Ottoman Dinasty by Ibn Kemal, dedicated to the rule of Mehmed II, contains testimony of contemporaries about Turkish campaign in the south-east Europe in the second half of 15ct. This paper is devoted to the analysis of an abstract from the mentioned volume referring to the Bosnian sangakbey Davud's waging in the border area in 1479 and 1480. Ibn Kemal devoted whole chapters to portraying of the central personality - Davud-pasa. Six most interesting chapters have been chosen for this paper and their contents has been compared with available contemporary sources. His descriptions of two famous men, heroes of our folk songs, deserve particular attention - descriptions of Vuk Grgurevic and Alija Derzelez. By his way of presenting the protagonists of the described events, Ibn Kemal gave historical characters of these men whose physical and other characteristics agree almost in every detail with those in our folk poetry. Completing our knowledge of such a personality as Derzelez Alija, he acknowledged the importance of epic tradition as a historical source.

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