Hamdija Kreševljaković


Hamdija Kreševljaković was a Bosniak historian.

Biography

Kreševljaković was born in Vratnik, a neighborhood in Sarajevo's Old Town. His father Mehmed was the son of Ibrahim Kreševljaković.
He completed schooling 1 August 1912. Three primary schools in Sarajevo,Kakanj and Gradačac carry his name.

Descendants

Kreševljaković's son Muhamed served as the Mayor of Sarajevo from 1991 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-doc producer at Al Jazeera Balkans and the Consul General of the Republic of San Marino in Sarajevo.