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(Milliyet Newspaper, 8 May 2019)
The 'Ahidname' and robe, flanked by portraits of Andjeo
Zvizdovic and Sultan Fatih Mehmed II.
After Ottoman Sultan Fatih Mehmed II conquered Bosnia he bestowed
an 'Ahidname' (imperial decree) on the Franciscan monks there, granting
them religious freedom. 556 years later, the Catholic church there is
still preserving what is thought to be Fatih Sultan's 'kaftan' (robe).
The Ottoman Empire in the time of Sultan Fatih Mehmed II
(1451-1481).
The 'ahidname' was given by Fatih Sultan to priest Andgeo Zvizdovic
on 28 May 1463 and when the priest's grave was transferred from the
old church to the new one, the robe found in the priest's grave was
assumed to belong to Fatih Sultan. The robe has been preserved
by the Franciscans at the monastery in Fojnica in central Bosnia all
these years.
The monastery sits above the town of Fojnica.
In spite of all the wars and changes that have affected the area in the
aftermath of Ottoman rule, the preservation of the robe has continued
without a hitch in the church's museum, whose director explained that:
"Since 1463, the 'ahidname' and the robe have been here. We built
this museum 4 or 5 years ago and put the two of them in here so
anyone can see them. Previously, the two items were in a museum
which only the monks could enter. When Andgeo Zvizdovic's grave
was opened the robe was found next to his body."
Fojnica is just west of Sarajevo.
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