Uticaj Firdusijeve “Šahname” na Sabita Užičanina
Influence of Firdusi's "Shahnama" on Sabit Užičanin

Summary/Abstract: From the very start of Islamic culture and civilization in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Firdusi’s Shahnama was well received among the people of Bosnia, and in particular the educated and aristocratic classes. One of the world’s greatest epic poets, Firdusi has throughout history been a model, the subject of emulation, for countless Muslim poets. Ottoman literature, of which the Bosnian literature in oriental languages is an integral part, is in part a continuation and copy of classical Persian literature. As long as the Ottoman Empire held sway, poets writing in Turkish, Arabic or Persian sought tirelessly to follow or even to match the classics of Persian literature such as Nizami, Attar, Sadi, Maulana, Hafiz and Jami. Not a few of our poets too tried their hand at this, of whom Sabit Užičanin is a shining example in our literary history. Sabit Užičanin was one of Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina’ most successful and eminent poets, and indeed one of the finest epic poets of Turkish classical literature as a whole. For many years he was an example to the majority of Ottoman poets, yet he remained unequalled, as unrepeatable as a mountain that defies conquest. Like Firdusi, Sabit reveals the acme of his artistic skill when describing nature and natural phenomena. It is no exaggeration to say that although Sabit and Firdusi are remote from one another in time, they are very similar in their epic art and specific nature.

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