Hamdija Kreševljaković (18 September 1888 – 9 May 1959) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav historian.
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Born | (1888-09-18)18 September 1888 Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 9 May 1959(1959-05-09) (aged 70) Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia |
Occupation | Historian |
Language | Bosnian |
Nationality | Bosniak |
Kreševljaković was born in Vratnik,[1] a neighborhood in Sarajevo's Old Town. His father Mehmed (died 1929) was the son of Ibrahim Kreševljaković.
He completed schooling 1 August 1912.[2] Three primary schools in Sarajevo, Kakanj and Gradačac carry his name.[3]
Kreševljaković's son Muhamed (1939–2001) served as the Mayor of Sarajevo from 1990 until 1994, during most of the Bosnian War.[4] Muhamed's son, Nihad Kreševljaković, is a historian and the director of the Sarajevo War Theatre. Muhamed's son, Sead Kreševljaković, is a film-doc producer at Al Jazeera Balkans and the Consul General of the Republic of San Marino in Sarajevo.
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