Ibrahim Ustavdić
Ibrahim Ustavdić | |
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| Born | 1878 Gračanica, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1974 Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Teacher, school superintendent and principal |
| Relatives | Edvin Kanka Ćudić (great-great-grandson) |
Ibrahim ef. Ustavdić (1878-1974), was a Bosnian educator, the first teacher from Gračanica,[1] school superintendent and principal of the first National elementary school in Gračanica. One of the most important personalities in history of Gračanica.[2]
Biography
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Ibrahim Ustavdić was born in Gračanica in 1878. In hometown he graduated National elementary school in 1897.[3] After that he graduated in School of education.[4] He was appointed as a temporary teacher in Bosanska Otoka in 1902. From Bosanska Otoka he was moved to Kozarac in 1903, and from there to Prijedor in 1904. At the beginning of 1905 he was moved as a teacher to National elementary school in Gračanica, where he worked until 1935.[5] From 1912 to 1935, he was the school principal of the National elementary school in Gračanica. In 1935 he was appointed school superintendent in Gračanica. He held that position until 1938, when he retired. He worked as a teacher in Gračanica for more than thirty years. Also, as a teacher and principal of the National elementary school, he participated in educational reform of the Gračanica's Osman-kapetan madrasa in 1930.[6] In 1903 when was founded the local board of the Gajret in Gračanica, he was among its first leaders, as a second-rate member.[7] He was one of the financial donors for the Sarajevo's monument dedicated to the Croatian poet Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević.[8] Also, when the monument to king Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia was unveiled in Gračanica in October 1936, Ibrahim Ustavdić was among the polical officials. He laid two wreaths on behalf of the local schools.[9]
After retirement, he moved to Sarajevo, where he died in spring of 1974. According to his wishes, he was buried in Gračanica, at the Režići cemetery. The funeral of Ibrahim Ustavdić was attended by a large number of people in Gračanica, all students and teachers of the Elementary school "Hasan Kikić" in Gračanica, as well as delegations of students and teachers from other schools.[10]
His great-great-grandson Edvin Kanka Ćudić is a prominent human rights activist.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jedan pogled na ulogu i mjesto gračaničkih intelektualaca u preobražaju svoga zavičaja". Gračanički glasnik, pp 41
- ^ "Sto godina Narodne osnovne škole u Gračanici: Uz pregled razvoja osnovnog školstva na području opštine Gračanica". Gračanica, 1986. pp 35
- ^ "Sto godina Narodne osnovne škole u Gračanici: Uz pregled razvoja osnovnog školstva na području opštine Gračanica". Gračanica, 1986. pp 26
- ^ "Jedan pogled na ulogu i mjesto gračaničkih intelektualaca u preobražaju svoga zavičaja". Gračanički glasnik, pp 41
- ^ "Školstvo u Bosanskoj Krupi u vrijeme Austrougarske: Državne osnovne škole". akos.ba. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "Osman-kapetanova medresa i njen značaj za kadiluk Gračanica u periodu od 1800. do 1945. godine". Novi Muallim, spring 2017. pp 69
- ^ "Kulturno-prosvjetna društva u Gračanici krajem austrougarske uprave i za vrijeme Kraljevine SHS/Jugoslavije-kratak pregled". Gračanički glasnik 58/XXIX, November 2024. pp 17
- ^ "Andrej Rodinis, Spomenik Silviju Strahimiru Kranjčeviću kroz ostavštinu Josipa Milakovića". ivanlovrenovic.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "Odjeci ubojstva kralja Aleksandra I. Karađorđevića u Gračanici: prilozi iz izvorne građe, No. 38/XIX, pp 151" (PDF). gracanickiglasnik.ba. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "Sto godina Narodne osnovne škole u Gračanici: Uz pregled razvoja osnovnog školstva na području opštine Gračanica". Gračanica, 1986. pp 35
- ^ "Edvin Kanka Ćudić". goodreads.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
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