Avdo Jabučica was an Ottoman Bosnian blacksmith and armorer from Sarajevo, Sanjak of Bosnia, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Avdo Jabučica | |
|---|---|
| Died | 6 September 1878 Sarajevo |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Occupation(s) | gunsmith and watchmaker |
| Known for | participation in Muslim resistance to Austrian occupation of Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina |
In 1866 Jabučica forgered copper coins and was caught by the Ottoman authorities.[1]
During the first days of the Austrian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 Jabučica repaired two Krupp cannons which were activated to fight against invading Austrian troops.[2] Later, when he was arrested Jabučica was forced to admit that he produced needles for artillery but he denied his participation in the battles around Sarajevo.[3]
Jabučica was put on court martial and sentenced to death. Jabučica was executed by shooting on 6 September 1878, together with many other participants in the resistance to occupying Austrian forces.[4]
References
edit- ^ Zbornik za narodni život i običaje južnih slavena. Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti. 1935. p. 115.
Tufekčija Avdo Jabučica bio je dobro poznat u predoku- pacionom Sarajevu zbog svoje vještine u tehnici. Što mu je oko vidjelo, to je ruka umjela napraviti. Godine 1866 krivotvorio je bakreni novac i u tome uhvaćen.
- ^ (Imamović 1999, p. 258): "Dva Krupova topa, zaostala od turske posade, bila su namjerno onesposobljena od turkofila, ali ih je doveo u red vrsni kovač i puškar Avdo Jabučica pa su i oni stavljeni u funkciju. Zapovjednici artiljerije bili su Salih-aga Merhemić i Ahmed ef."
- ^ (Kreševljaković 1969, p. 10): "Avdo Jabučica je priznao da je bio prisiljen da napravi igle za Krupove topove, ali je poricao da je 19. augusta sudjelovao u bojevima oko Sarajeva."
- ^ Džemaludin Alić; Mustafa Ćeman (1998). Devetnaest stoljeća Bosne: historija i kultura Bosne od 6. do 1900. godine. Dinex. p. 537.
Strijeljan (6.9.1878) godine Avdo Jabučica, sahačija u Sarajevu.
Sources
edit- Imamović, Enver (1999). Historija bosanske vojske. Art 7. ISBN 978-9958-9732-1-5.
- Kreševljaković, Hamdija (1969). Sarajevo za vrijeme austrougarske uprave: (1878-1918). Arhiv grada Sarajeva.