Život i djelo - akademik prof. dr. Avdo Sućeska
Life and Work - Academic Prof. Dr. Sc. Avdo Sućeska

Summary/Abstract: Among the most important Ottoman scholars of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 20th century, the name of academic prof. dr. sc. Avdo Sućeska is unavoidable. Throughout the decades long scientific work, he has left a deep and indispensable trace in the study of the Ottoman period not only of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also of the wider regions. On certain matters and certain Ottoman institutions such as ayans and ayanlik, he is certainly one of the most appreciated scholars in the world. The focus of his work was on investigating the state and legal position of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Ottoman period. Out of 173 professor’s bibliographic units, most are related to these matters. The professor’s study of ayans and ajnlik is one of the most appreciated on this matter in the world. Academic Sućeska has especially contributed with his work on the position of the Muslim population in Bosnia eyalet, and their struggle for a better social position in society. For the first time, not only the Bosnian Herzegovinian, but also the wider South Slavic scientific public was familiar with the struggle of Bosniaks against the local and provincial authorities in order to eliminate many illegalities. People from this area primarily saw Bosnia and Herzegovina as their true homeland and fought for it. There was little knowledge about this and many works of the professor’s scientific approach and writing. Throughout his scientific work he was and remains to be a historian of the Ottoman period. All this was probably influenced by the life path of the academic prof. dr. sc. Avdo Sućeska.

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