Hasan Kafi Pruščak

Hasan Kafi Pruščak
Born November/December 1544[1]
Prusac, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died 9 October 1615(1615-10-09) (aged 70)[2]
Prusac, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Language Bosnian, Ottoman Turkish
Ethnicity Bosniak

Hasan Kafi Pruščak (November/December 1544 – 9 October 1615) was a Bosnian scholar and "qadi" (judge) who studied in Bosnia and Istanbul.[3] He was first appointed as the judge of the Prusac district in 1583.[4]

Background

Pruščak hailed from the village Prusac near the Bosnian town of Donji Vakuf. He attended elementary school in Prusac before relocating to Istanbul where he studied for nine years. He returned to his hometown in 1575.

He went on the Hajj to Mecca in 1591.

References

  1. ↑ "Islamic Studies; page 275". Google Books. 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Prozna književnost Bosne i Hercegovine na orijentalnim jezicima; pages 25, 65 & 72". Google Books. 1995. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "From Codicology to Technology: Islamic Manuscripts and Their Place in Scholarship; page 178". Google Books. 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Works in Logic by Bosniac Authors in Arabic; page 27". Google Books. 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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