ULOGA VAKUFA U FORMIRANJU ODGOJNO - OBRAZOVNIH INSTITUCIJA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI U TOKU XVI. STOLJEĆA
THE ROLE OF VAKUF IN FORMATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA DURING THE 16TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The author explains the idea of vakuf and the way vakuf developed in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Vakuf has a special role in founding and establishing the educational institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 16th century, the period which witnessed the biggest expansion of vakuf in this region. During that time, mosques, mekteb, madrassah, tekki, hanikah and libraries were the places where educational process took place, the places of learning. The facts presented in the article clearly show that vakuf produced all the educational institutions of Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 16th century, so we can conclude that the role of vakuf in their establishment was essential.

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