PROF. MUHAMED TAJJIB OKIĆ - ŽIVOT I DJELO
PROF. MUHAMED TAJJIB OKIĆ - LIFE AND WORK

Summary/Abstract: He was on of the most educated people that Bosnia and Herzegovina had ever had in its history. He was born on 1st of December 1902 in Gracanica where he spent only his childhood. He continued his studies in Sarajevo, and then he went to Zagreb, Paris… He worked as professor in the First Male Grammar School in Sarajevo, Velika Medresa (The High Islamic Secondary School) in Skoplje, Šerijatska Gimanzija (Gymnasium of the Islamic Law-Shariah) in Sarajevo. Some time during the Second World War he worked in the Embassy of Turkey in Belgrade. After WWII he leaves for Turkey where he stays to live and work until end of his life. He was highly educated, spoke several languages, wrote many significant works in the fields of literature, Islamic sciences, History, Philosophy, discovered many educated people in the literature of B&H in oriental languages, wrote about Hamzawiah (the Derwish sect with strict Islamic rules) and Boghumils in B&H. he lectured at many world famous universities. He died peacefully on 9th of March 1977 in Ankara. By his last wish, he was buried at the cemetery Bare in Sarajevo.

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