Hamdija Kreševljaković

Hamdija Kreševljaković (16 September 18889 May 1959) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav historian.

Biography

Hamdija Kreševljaković was born on 16 September 1888 in Vratnik, a neighbourhood in Sarajevo's Old Town. His father Mehmed (died 1929) was the son of Ibrahim Kreševljaković. Kreševljaković self-identified as an ethnic Croat.

He completed schooling 1 August 1912. Three primary schools in Sarajevo, Kakanj and Gradačac carry his name.

Descendants Kreševljaković's son Muhamed (1939–2001) served as the Mayor of Sarajevo from 1990 until 1994, during most of the Bosnian War. Muhamed's son, Nihad Kreševljaković, is a historian and the director of the Sarajevo War Theatre. Muhamed's son, Sead Kreševljaković, is a film and documentary producer at Al Jazeera Balkans and the Consul General of the Republic of San Marino in Sarajevo.