Historijski pregled razvoja mevluda, najpopularnije poeme u alhamijado književnosti
A Historical Review of Mevlud, the Most Popular Poem of Alhamiado Literature

Summary/Abstract: Mevlud is a poem on the birth of Muhammed, the Prophet. The first Mevlud poem was written by Sulejman Čelebi, in 1409, under the title “Vesiletu’n Nedzat” in Bursa, meaning the “The Means of Salvation”. The word mevlud (Ar. mawlid) means ‘a place or time of someone’s birth’. This expression has acquired different meanings in time, as ‘the birth of the Prophet Muhammed’ and ‘the celebration organised on this occasion’, or during more significant events in life of the Muslims and their families. The Mevlud celebration i.e. the Mevlud poem as its central part, can be considered as a cultural form preserving the tradition of love towards the Prophet Muhammed, love towards God, and certianly,the tradition of mutual love among people.With this paper, we want to present the most beautiful Mevlud poems in our language and their significance in the life and culture of the Balkan Muslims. The paper is interdisciplinary and it shall follow the historical development of Mevlud, its literature-historical position within the Alhamiado literature, and the custom practice of Mevlud, as a celebration with its ethnological significance.

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