Fevzi Mostari (also spelled Fawzi or Fowzi, and also known as Fevzi Mostarac; –1747) was a Bosnian writer, who authored the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

work ''Bulbulistan'' ("A Place of Nightingales"; also spelled ''Bolbolestān'') in 1739. Written in imitation of the '' Golestan'' of

Saadi Shirazi Abu Mohammad Moshrefoldin Mosleh ebn Abdollah ebn Mosharraf, better known by his pen name Saadi (; , ), also known as Saadi of Shiraz (, ''Saʿdī Shīrāzī''; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval p ...

(died 1291/2), it is the only extant prose work in

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 Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

. He became a member of the

Mevlevi Order The Mevlevi Order or Mawlawiyya (; ) is a Sufi order that originated in Konya, Turkey (formerly capital of the Sultanate of Rum) and which was founded by the followers of Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Sufi ...

during his time in

Constantinople Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...

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* * * * 18th-century Persian-language writers Bosnian Muslims from the Ottoman Empire Writers from Mostar 1670s births 1747 deaths 18th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire Bosnia and Herzegovina writers Sufis 17th-century Mevlevis 17th-century Bosnian people 18th-century Mevlevis {{Ottoman-bio-stub