ARZUHAL HADŽI JUSUFA LlVNJAKA - BUNT PROTIV KORUPCIJE U PRAVOSUDNOM SISTEMU BOSANSKOG EJALETA
ARZUHAL OF HAJJI JUSUF LIVNJAK - REBELLION AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF THE BOSNIAN EYALET
Author(s): Velida MataradžijaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, History of Law, Political history, Social history, Bosnian Literature, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: Alhamiado literature; Hajji Jusuf Livnjak; arzuhal; judicial system; injustice; corruption
Summary/Abstract: Arzuhals, appeals to the authorities, belong to the special genre of the Bosnian Alhamiado literature. They represent precious historical testimonies on socio-political issues in Bosnia under the Ottoman rule. The first poem of our Alhamiado literature, which has been found on the Bosnian Eyalet territory up to now, is Hajji Jusuf Livnjak’s arzuhal dating from 1618/1619. This paper considers the conditions within the Ottoman judicial system at the beginning of the 17th century and presents the arzuhal, its transliteration, transcription and Bosnian translation of the verses written in Ottoman Turkish. Since the protocol of the Kadi of Imotski has not been preserved, we do not know if the authorities complied with this arzuhal, but the author’s effort to stand against injustice is praiseworthy.
Journal: Sarajevski filološki susreti: zbornik radova
- Issue Year: 3/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 104-114
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Bosnian