Archival Materials from the Legacy of Mehmed Mujezinović

Abstract

In mid-January 2023, the family of Mehmed Mujezinović, the foremost epigrapher in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a longtime imam of the Hadžijska Mosque, and an employee of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and Natural Rarities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, donated his collection of archival materials to Gazi Husrev-beg’s Library in Sarajevo. This collection holds exceptionally valuable manuscript materials that Mujezinović gathered while working on oriental epigraphic monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Additionally, his published and unpublished works are preserved, along with an invaluable collection of working materials related to our tradition, written heritage, and cultural legacy. This paper provides an overview of Mehmed Mujezinović's archival materials, with a note that these materials have not undergone archival processing yet and are therefore not accessible to researchers.