THE GAZI-BEG ČENGIĆ MADRASA IN VIŠEGRAD: RESEARCH NOTE Cover Image

Gazi-beg Čengić medresa u Višegradu (istraživačka bilješka)
THE GAZI-BEG ČENGIĆ MADRASA IN VIŠEGRAD: RESEARCH NOTE

Author(s): Fikret Karčić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Cultural history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, History of Education, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini
Keywords: Gazi-bey Čengić madrassa; Višegrad; Mustafa Hilmi Kapetanović

Summary/Abstract: No comprehensive research so far has been done with the subject of this madrasa. Available archival documents give us only fragmentary insight into the history of this educational institution. It was established in the Ottoman period by certain Gazi-beg Čengić. From documents dating back to the period of Austro- Hungarian rule we know that the Čengić madrasa in Višegrad had the status of lower madrasa, had its own waqf, mudarris and between 10 and 28 students per year. The most prominent lecturer in this madrasa was Mustafa Hilmi Kapetanović (1869-1940), a scholar educated in Istanbul and well versed in Islamic inheritance law. (In this article we present a sample of the certificate that was issued to the graduates of the Gazi-beg madrasa.) Its significance lies in a fact that it produced imams and hatibs for the whole territory around the valley of the river Drina.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 59
  • Page Range: 85-87
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Bosnian