Haji Muhamed Sejfudin-Sheik Sejfija - Poet from Sarajevo

Abstract

Among numerous poets-mystics who lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the past five centuries, Muhamed Sejfudin Iblizović from Sarajevo was the outstanding one. He lived and worked in the XIXth century and was almost unknown until now. Prof. Omer Mušić found in two „Collections” (the first is in possession of Oriental Institute at Sarajevo and the second one is private property of Abdulah Budimlija from Bijeljina) 16 of his poems which he presented in original and in translation. He also gave a necessary commentary of poems and the only until now complete biography of that poet-dervish who founded tekiyas in several places (Sarajevo, Rudo, Bijeljina and Donja Tuzla). In the introductory part of the work the author gave a list of poets- mystics from Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the literature about them. This work was found in the literary inheritance of prof. Omer Mušić who died in 1972.