Sarajevo Library Displays Quran Translation Manuscripts
The exhibition has been held on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
Hamza Korutanović, the expert presenter of this exhibition, explained that in regard to translations of the Quran into Bosnian, the Gazi Husrev-beg Library houses three notable manuscripts.
Two of these copies include translations by Muhammad Pania and Jamaluddin Čaušević, while the third translation belongs to Basim Kurkuta, the most prominent Quran translator in Bosnia, he said.
He added that these three Bosnian translations of the Quran are extremely valuable for both the library and for Bosnia and Herzegovina, as they are the only three manuscript translations of the Quran in the Bosnian language preserved in the country’s manuscript collections.
The Gazi-Husrev-beg Library holds 20 manuscript copies of Quran translations, some of which are in Ottoman Turkish, and Persian.
In addition to the manuscripts, printed translations are also of great importance. The library preserves 10 printed translations of the Quran in Bosnian.
Translations in 16 foreign languages, including Romanian, Esperanto, Czech, Hungarian, and Japanese, are also part of this collection.
Hafiz Said Zenunovic, Mustafa Fatin Kolunovic, and Halimi Efendi Sharić are among the translators of the Quran into Bosnian.
Korutanović explains that some of these translations have unfortunately been lost, but there is clear evidence of their existence.
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“We have been striving to reconstruct these works in a special way through this exhibition.”
The Gazi-Husrev-beg Library is a public library in Sarajevo founded in 1537 during Ottoman rule. It holds one of the most important collections of Islamic manuscripts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including many originally donated by Gazi Husrev-beg. The collection survived through Bosnian war and Siege of Sarajevo. The library also holds a sizable number of books, journals, newspapers, documents and photographs.
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