Mićo Ljubibratić
Mihajlo Mićo Ljubibratić Мићо Љубибратић | |
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Nickname(s) | Mićo |
Born | 1839 Trebinje, Ottoman Empire |
Died | February 26, 1889 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia |
Allegiance | Serbia |
Service/ | Revolutionaries |
Rank | Vojvoda |
Mihajlo "Mićo" Ljubibratić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мићо Љубибратић; 1839 – February 26, 1889) was a Serbian voivode (military commander), Orthodox priest, writer and translator that participated in the many uprisings in the Herzegovina region. He was the first person in the Balkans to translate the Quran into Serbian.[1] Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Albanian translations would follow in the 20th century.
Life[]
Mihajlo Ljubibratić was born in Ljubovo, Trebinje (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina). In the Herzegovinian Uprising (1857–1862), he joined . He supported Garibaldi in the Italian revolution. After the fall of the uprising (1862), he goes to Serbia where he continues organizing the liberation of Balkan peoples, also seeking to add Slavic Muslims in the bands. In the Herzegovina Uprising (1875-1878), the Serbian government, which dare not to publicly assist because of international pressure, secretly sends Ljubibratić among others to lead the uprising. In March 1876, he fights in Bosnia, but is captured and interrogated by the Austrians. In March 1877, he returns to Serbia, and upon the , he devotes himself to establish an administrative body and the cooperation of Serbs and Muslims (i.e. Bosniaks) against the Austro-Hungarians.
See also[]
- Stevan Šupljikac, voivode in Austrian service, the first Duke of Serbian Vojvodina (1848)
References[]
Sources[]
- Vojna enciklopedija, Belgrade 1973, book five, page 163
- 1839 births
- 1889 deaths
- People from Trebinje
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 19th-century Serbian people
- Serbian military leaders
- Serbian revolutionaries
- Armed priests
- Quran translators
- 19th-century translators