Fevzi Mostari

Fevzi Mostari
Born	c. 1675 Blagaj (near Mostar), Sanjak of Herzegovina, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died	1747
Occupation	Writer
Notable work	Bulbulistan

Fevzi Mostari (also spelled Fawzi or Fowzi, and also known as Fevzi Mostarac; c. 1675–1747) was a Bosnian writer, who authored the Persian work Bulbulistan ("A Place of Nightingales"; also spelled Bolbolestān) in 1739. Written in imitation of the Golestan of Saadi Shirazi (died 1291/2), it is the only extant prose work in Persian by a writer of Bosnian origin. It is viewed as an important artifact of the Bosnian literary tradition. He was born in Blagaj, near Mostar.

Sources

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