Edhem Mulabdić (19 October 186229 January 1954) was a Bosniak and Croatian writer and co-founder of the Bosniak political journal Behar. He is best known as the author of Zeleno busenje, the first Bosnian Muslim novel. He edited many political magazines including: Bošnjak, Gajret, Mearif, and Nada.
Biography Edhem Mulabdić was born to a Bosniak family in Maglaj in 1862, where he finished Islamic elementary school maktab and then got a job as a clerk. From Brčko he was transferred to Sarajevo, where he worked as a teacher at the Islamic school Dural-mualimmin. Soon he was elected to a national assembly in Maglaj. He stayed in that position until January 1929. Together with Safvet beg Bašagić and Osman Nuri Hadžić, Mulabdić would be one of the founders and originators of several welfare associations and publications, such as Behar in 1900 and Gajret in 1903."Safvet-beg Bašagić was Born on 6 May". Sarajevo Times. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014."List "Behar"". Sigma. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
His novel Zeleno busenje is regarded as the most significant work of this author, as well as the first Bosniak novel. Edhem Mulabdić's works would come to have huge importance of the development of the Bosniak culture and education in late 19th and early 20th century.
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Novels Zeleno busenje, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1898Edhem Mulabdić biografija, Učitano 23. oktobar 2013. Nova vremena, slika iz novijeg života u Bosni, Mostar, 1914 Kumovi Garib Nišan Zekonja Tajno pismo
Stories Nesretan unuk Đuro Prepelica Aga i kmet Lov Tahiraga Šehiti Bajram Kućni rahatluk Uspomene u narodu
Others Kod starog djeda Osmanlija Rukovjet šale, Sarajevo, 1893 Na obali Bosne (zbirka pripovijetki), Matica hrvatska, Zagreb Crtice, Sarajevo, 1907 Izabrane pripovijesti, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1944 Svak na posao, Sarajevo, 1934 Izabrana djela, Sarajevo, 1974
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