Intelektualni i duhovni univerzum Ali-dede Bošnjaka

Abstract

THE INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL UNIVERSE OF ALI-DEDE BOŠNJAK The aim of the paper is to show, through an immanent approach to Ali-dede’s work, Muhāḍara al-awā’il wa musāmara al-awāẖir, how open this Bosniak scholar was to different understandings and interpretations of history, religion and culture. Ali-dede’s work is an encyclopedia of historical and cultural phenomena closely related to Islamic religion and culture, and a kind of lexicon of first and last events. Ali-dede was undoubtedly a cosmopolitan, in the full sense of the word. He was a man who traveled a lot throughout the Islamic world and during his travels met various peoples and people of different beliefs. Since he lived in the Ottoman Empire, a large supranational and fairly tolerant state, and was also very close to court circles, as evidenced by his closeness to Sultan Suleiman the Lawgiver, and the spiritual and secular great men of his time, one can rightly speak of his intellectual and spiritual breadth. Keywords: Ali-dede, awail, Al-Suyūṭī, Arabic literature, Islamic culture and tradition