Interesting facts

12. May 2020

Umihana Čuvidina – first Bosniak poetess

The first Bosnian Muslim poetess was Umihana Čuvidina.
She was born at the end of the 18th century (ca. 1795 - 1870) on the Hrid into the family Čuvid - which was active in the hospitality industry and fruit trade. Her birthplace was on the corner of Mujezin Sokak, in the small Sarajevo district below Kačanik.
After the tragic death of her fiancé, Umihana began to write poetry.
She never recovered from this stroke of fate.
Among the standard-bearers of the Bosnian army was Umihana's fiancé Mujo Čamdži from Bistrik. According to the historians Sejfudin Kemura and Vladimir Ćorović he died in the fights near Loznica.
17. December 2024

Safikada – the legend about the beauty from Banja Luka

Throughout its history, Bosnia and Herzegovina has collected a wealth of legends about forbidden loves, tragic events and unhappy young women who pined for their beloved. One of the most beautiful is the life story of the young Safikada from Banja Luka. There are several legends about the beautiful Safikaduna or Safikada, according to some stories it could have been the granddaughter of Ferhat Pasha Sokolović, but both this story and the legend differ depending on the source from which they come. One of the legends says that it was a young woman who took her own life because of the unfulfilled relationship with a soldier stationed in the nearby fort:
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