TRAGOM JEDNOG PANEGIRIKA POSVEĆENOG DEFTERDARU RUMELIJE MEHMED-EFENDIJI MOSTARCU

The paper presents a qasida of the poet Isami, which is found in a manuscript codex (medzhmu) from the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The kasida is dedicated to Defterdar Mehmed Effendi Mostar. It has 56 verses and is found in the same codex that contains the transcripts of several Mostar vaqfnams. In the qasida, you can also find some important information about Mehmed-efendi Mostar, to whom the poet Isami sang the qasida. When comparing these data with Ottoman biographical sources, we noticed a lot of similarities between the biography of Mehmedefendi and the biography of Koski Mehmed-pasha, one of the famous Mostar vakifs (legators) from the beginning of the 17th century.