Heresy of Hamzevi and Hurufi Orders in Bosnia as a Reaction on the Political Crisis of Ottoman Empire in the Second Half of the 16th Century Cover Image

Hamzevijska i humfijska jeres u Bosni kao reakcija na političku krizu Osmanske Imperije u drugoj polovini 16. vijeka
Heresy of Hamzevi and Hurufi Orders in Bosnia as a Reaction on the Political Crisis of Ottoman Empire in the Second Half of the 16th Century

Author(s): Slobodan Ilić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Orijentalni Institut u Sarajevu

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the 16th century Bosnia became the center of two heretic doctrines: Hamzevi's and Hurufi's. The members of these orders were persecuted by the Ottoman government because they had endangered the strength of the Empire. The author of the paper with the above mentioned title, tried to find the reasons for the appearance of these doctrines, relatively far from time and place of their full activity, in social and political circumstances in Bosnia during that period, and to point out their origine, as well as the fact that the romantic theories concerning Bosnian origine of Hamzevi's doctrine had been baseless.

  • Issue Year: 1991
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 329-335
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bosnian