UZEIR-BEY’S KONAK IN MAGLAJ
Selected by: Prof. Aida Abadžić-Hodžić, PhD, Faculty of Philosophy of University of Sarajevo • Photo: Mirza Hasanefendić
Foreword to the First Edition
When I arrived in fair Maglaj on the Bosnia as a teacher ten years ago, I came to a new world, unknown to me. I, who had never before even seen a Muslim, so to speak, had from that time on t live among them and teach their youth. Thanks to the kind welcome of local very renowned beys Uzeirbegovićs, I got accustomed to the new world very fast, and came to like the local Muslims for their sober life and for their sincerity, as if I had sprung among them. I was transferred from Maglaj to Livno, and then to Bihać and Banja Luka, and I found that our Muslims are equal everywhere; equally honest and of strong character. While spending time with them ...
Antun Hangi, Život i običaji muslimana u Bosni i Hercegovini (Life and Customs of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina), Sarajevo, 1906, Foreword to the First Edition (Bihać, 1899)
