Abdulah "Avdo" Sumbul (27 April 1884 — 8 February 1915)[2] was Serb Muslim[3][4] literature journal editor and national activist in Austrian annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sumbul belonged to a group of Serb Muslims who were targeted as enemies by Austria Hungary and persecuted because of their ethnicity. He died in Austro-Hungarian concentration camp in Arad.
Abdulah Sumbul | |
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| Born | 27 April 1884 |
| Died | 8 February 1915 (aged 30) |
| Resting place | Ali Pasha Mosque (Sarajevo) 43°51′28.5″N 18°24′45.5″E / 43.857917°N 18.412639°E |
| Citizenship | Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation | publisher |
| Years active | 1912—1915 |
| Organization(s) | Gajret, Muslim Sokol movement in Sarajevo |
| Movement | Young Bosnia |
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Biography
Sumbul and his family that included his sister, for certain period of time lived in the Sarajevo suburb known as Kovači.[5]
Sumbul was one of the founders of Muslim Sokol movement in Sarajevo.[6] He was member of Young Bosnia.[7] In 1912, after the death of Osman Đikić, the editing of Gajret was entrusted to Avdo Sumbul.[8] In 1914 he was one of the editors of the magazine Vakat, published in Sarajevo.[9]
Vladimir Ćorović emphasize that government of Austria-Hungary perceived and treated Muslims who self-declared themselves as Serbs as enemies of the interest of their state and organized their systematic persecution.[10] Because of his anti-Austrian and pro-Serbian activities, Sumbul was interned to concentration camp in Arad.[11][12][13] where he soon died.[14]
Legacy
Sumbul's remains were transferred to Sarajevo where his grave is today, in the courtyard of Ali Pasha Mosque.[15] In 1934, based on the order of Yugoslav king Alexander I of Yugoslavia, a turbe mausoleum was built in honor of Avdo Sumbul and Behdžed Mutavelić.[16] This mausoleums are part of symbolic unity with Chapel of Vidovdan's martyrs on Koševo Christian Orthodox cemetery.[17]
A street in Sarajevo bears Sumbul's name in his honor.[18]