Abdul-Hamid u Bosni
ABDUL HAMID IN BOSNIA
Author(s): Edin RadušićSubject(s): History
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Keywords: Afghan Abdul Hamid; Bosnia and Herzegovina; British consulate; farming of the tenth; Austro-Hungarian occupation; resistance to the occupation
Summary/Abstract: This contribution analyses and contextualizes data about an Afghan named Abdul Hamid who was a British subject born in British India and who stayed in Bosnia. Together with his family he lived and worked for more than 15 years in the farthest province of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the Sultan’s reign. Even in the crucial moments of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, Abdul Hamid tied his and his family’s destiny to the fate of the Bosniaks, he participated in the armed resistance and was arrested by the Austrian occupying troops. The contribution also follows the activities of the British consulate in Sarajevo regarding his release.
Journal: Prilozi
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 221-229
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Bosnian