The traditional folk saying – “From Kulin Ban and good old days” – shows that people have preserved the memory of the rule of Kulin Ban, which was characterized by political stability and a significant economic progress.

Two regions in the Southeast Europe are recognizable by the power of the influence of Islam and Islamic spirituality among the existing population, by its strong establishment in all spheres of life, from its arrival in these regions until today. These are Albania and Bosnia.

The vakufnama (deed of endowment) is a legal document which defines the motive, the subject, the purpose of endowing, conditions and way of using and managing the waqf. It regulates crucial issues pertaining to the subject of endowing, regardless of whether it is a real property or a movable property.

A simple step into the virtual world will reveal the information that the name of Ahmed Dževdet-pasha (1822–1895) is associated with the codification of Ottoman civil law based on the European legal system.

In 1917, the Austro-Hungarian army built a mosque in the alpine village of Log under Mangartom for its Bosniak soldiers who fought on the Isonzo Front during the First World War.

Muhamed Šefket-ef. Kurt was born in Travnik in 1879.

Ahdnama (Tur. ahdnāme) is an Arabic-Persian compound, derived from the concept (Ar.) ahd – contract and (Pers.) nāme – letter, charter, document.

The regime in the communist Yugoslavia, which ruled with the iron fist from 1945, began to lose control and got into a crisis upon the death of Josip Broz Tito in 1980.

During the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina and military operations from 1992 to the second half of 1995, military and police forces of Bosnian Serbs committed horrific crimes, including genocide over Bosniaks.

In April 1992, Srebrenica was occupied by Novi Sad Corps of the Yugoslav People's Army. Small groups of Bosniaks who offered resistance regrouped on surrounding mountains and by the end of May managed to drive members of the army out of the town.

During the Second World War, Nazi collaborators in Croatia – ustashas – led by Ante Pavelić established a puppet state named the “Independent State of Croatia” (NDH), which they governed with significant autonomy.

Zenica Resolution was first discussed by Muhamed Hadžijahić, decades after the Second World War, which is indicative by itself.

Little was known about saving Serbs in Srebrenica during the Second World War and even less was talked about, due to perfidious political motives with immeasurable repercussions.

Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The wheel of history often drives certain personalities, writes its significant sections, changes and directs historical courses, and marks epochs which are recognized by them.

In our country, a lot of attention has recently been paid to studying our political development in the 19th and 20th century.

This human and friendly gesture found the complete expression in 1941, when Serbs and all progressive people, regardless of ethnic background, were condemned to massacre.

Almost a whole century has passed since the publishing of the book Islam and the Foundations of Political Power (1925) by the distinguished Egyptian scholar Ali Abdurrazik.

Dubrovnik was continuously visited by Ottoman citizens from the Eyalet of Bosnia. Most of them stayed only for a short time, although some remained longer, mostly for business reasons.

Soon upon the establishment of Austro-Hungarian administration in Bosnia, as early as in 1881, general conscription was introduced which pertained to all 20-year-old boys and which lasted for three years: first on the front lines and over the following nine years in the obligatory army reserves.

National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kraljeva Sutjeska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ibrahim-ef. Ajanović je, prema podacima iz dosjea koji je pohranjen u Gazi Husrev-begovoj biblioteci u Sarajevu, rođen 1884. godine u Šljedovićima kod Rogatice.

The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

15th century - one of the oldest Muslim cemeteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina