[DEATH OF SMAIL-AGA CENGIC: EPIC CROATIAN POEM on the OTTOMAN BOSNIAN ARMY GENERAL'S MURDER] Smrt Smail-Age Cengica.

Very Good Croatian Paperback. 16mo. (12 x 8 cm). In Croatian. 124, [1] p. [DEATH OF SMAIL-AGA CENGIC] Smrt Smail-Age Cengica. Mazuranic was a Croatian poet, linguist, lawyer and politician who is considered to be one of the most important figures in Croatia's political and cultural life in the mid-19th century. Mazuranic served as Ban of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia between 1873 and 1880, and since he was the first ban not to hail from old nobility, he was known as Ban pucanin (Ban commoner). His realistic assessment of strengths and weaknesses of Croatia's position between the hammer of Austrian bureaucracy and the anvil of Hungarian expansionist nationalism served his country invaluable in times of political turmoil. Mazuranic is best remembered for his contributions in the development of the Croatian law system, economics, linguistics, and poetry. The Death of Smail-aga Cengic is an epic poem by Croatian poet Ivan Mazuranic during 1845 and first published in the almanac Iskra for 1846. It is based on the real events of the murder of Ottoman army general (aga) Smail-aga Cengic by Montenegrin vojvoda Novica Cerovic in 1840. In the poem, Smail-aga is famous for his bravery, but disparaged for his truculence; the main motif is his death, happening after he engages in a battle against the Herzegovinian Montenegrins. The poem was initially ordered by Dimitrija Demeter. It is divided in 5 sections and contains exactly 1134 verses. The poem is divided into five sections: Smail-aga's Display of Power (Croatian: Agovanje), The Night Traveller (Nocnik), A Company (Ceta), A Blood Tribute (Harac) and Fate (Kob). Smail-Aga Cengic was an Ottoman Bosnian lord (with the title of aga) and general in the Ottoman Army. In 1831-32, Cengic was one of the Ottoman generals that fought against Husein Gradascevic, who was leading a rebellion in Bosnia against the central Ottoman government. Cengic was killed by Novica Cerovic as revenge for killing the younger brother of the Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, Petar II Petrovic-Njegos. Toned slightly on cover and pages, Chipped margins. Otherwise a good copy. This early edition not in OCLC; it has 1983 Editions.