Vakufsko sirotište u Sarajevu od osnivanja do kraja Prvog svjetskog rata
Waqf Orphanage in Sarajevo – From its Founding to the End of First World War

Summary/Abstract: This paper reconstructs the establishment of the waqf orphanage in Sarajevo and its activities until the end of the First World War, that is the end of the Austro-Hungarian administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It shows, based on data from unpublished archives, press and reference literature, the development path from the idea to the realization of this project of a waqf-mearif autonomous administration, whose main goal was humanitarian care for poor Muslim orphans, and their material, educational and moral upbringing, and uplift. The paper deals with issues that reflect the way of working and the form of functioning of the orphanage, with a central place dedicated to orphans living in this institution, and their daily lives. Recently, Bosnian historiography has been paying more and more attention to the issue of marginalized groups, “ordinary” people and those who were the creators of historical processes in their daily activities. This research, following such a development, showed what function the waqf orphanage had within the activities of the waqf-mearif administration, but also in the destinies of many poor Muslim children.

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