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Husein Gradascevic

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (August 31, 1802-August 17, 1834)
    Born in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosniak general fighting for local autonomy in Bosnia
    Nicknamed ‘Dragon of Bosnia’
    Led a Bosniak uprising against Sultan Mahmud II (1830-1833)
    Vizier of Bosnia Elayet (1831-1833)
    Defeated the imperial army at Kosovo and Novi Pazar (1831)
    Fled to Austria when the uprising was quelled (May 31, 1832)
    Went to Istanbul on grounds that he wouldn’t set foot on the European lands of the Ottoman Empire ever again (December 1832)
    Died in Istanbul, Turkey

Why he might be annoying:

    Little is known about his childhood.
    He was regarded as a reactionary for protesting against the Sultan’s modern reforms.
    His cause of death was fiercely debated; there’s a legend that he was poisoned by the Ottomans while cholera may have been a more probable cause.
    He was largely ignored during the Communist era because of his upper class origins and perceived opposition to modernization.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a child prodigy, learning Arabic calligraphy at sixteen as well as how to read and write at an early age.
    His father died when he was ten. (1812)
    He tolerated Christians living in Gradačac, even approving the construction of Christian buildings despite not asking the Ottoman sultan for approval.
    To be fair, Sultan Mahmud II’s reforms involved the mass conscription of Bosniaks into the new army model he created upon abolishing the janissaries.
    He advocated for a peaceful multicultural Bosnia Elayet, autonomous from Mahmud II’s dictatorial rule.
    There was a Bosnian saying that after his death, a Bosniak couldn’t hear his name and not weep afterwards.

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 13.04% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 48 Votes: 50.0% Annoying