,,Ilum“ in eastern treasure of Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak

Abstract

The relevance of the eoneept of ,,ilum“ for the Bosnian Muslim intelectual history has been recognized for some time, especially in connection with the role it has played in the written literary works of well known authorship of philosophieal and theologieal nature.
In Ljubušak’s „Eastem treasure“ for the first time, we have the appearance of ilum within the context of Folk literature in a way it was recognized and collected by one of the leading members of Bosnian Muslim inteligentsia at the end of nineteenth century.
This paper represents an attempt for better understanding of ilum which even if it generally belongs to the written literature field has in Ljubušak’s Anthology found its way into quite unfamiliar environment of Folk tradition.