Proglašenje džihada na području Okružja tuzlanskog, 1914. godine
The proclamation of jihad in the territory of district of Tuzla in 1914.

Summary/Abstract: At the end of October 1914, the militarily, politically and economically weakened Ottoman Empire entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers, with the hope that on the wings of their victory in the war it could achieve its own revival and progress in the postwar years. In order to give the entry into the war an appropriate political and motivational basis, the Sultan and Caliph Mehmed Reshad V declared the holy war – jihad – and called on Muslims to fight against “sworn enemies of Islam” – countries gathered in the Entente forces, and indirectly against their allies and helpers. Jihad also referred to the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who, fighting in the military units of the Austro-Hungarian army, were fulfilling their Muslim duty to participate “with property and life” in the holy war. This paper talks about the proclamation of jihad in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with special emphasis on the Tuzla District, and the enthusiasm of the then Bosniak religious and civic elite who loyally and unconditionally accepted the caliph’s call for jihad and called on his compatriots to every sacrifice for the benefit of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, and the Muslim ummah as a whole.

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