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Mujaga Komadina

Among many people that did a lot for Mostar city during Austria-Hungary decorate and decorated it with monuments of permanent value, the most worthy is Mujaga Komadina. Under his initiative many stately buildings were made, that were pride of Mostar till 1992, hut then, almost all of them were totally destroyed or burned down by chetniks and ustashas. 

Among few saved wooden tombstones (basluk) in cemetery (harem) of Lakisica mosque, in a district (mahala) Ricina, there is a memory wooden tombstone (basluk), made of white stone from Arandelovac (very precious marble), where is a figure on the top, shaped as a fcz, with engraved words: "He (means Allah-God), is eternal. 

Mostar mayor Komadina Mustafa-aga, son of Omer. Study Fatih (kind of prayer in Islamic religion) for his soul. Birth year 12S6, by Hidzra (namely 1839, by new calendar), year of death the 11th of sevala 1344, H (that is the 5th of May, 192S).

Beyond these unassuming information is hidden furore life of a man that had left indelible trace in a chronicle of Mostar. Nor one mayor of the city on Neretva river has left so deep memory on time and work made in that city as did Mujaga Komadina. 

His desire to make Mostar closer to Europe especially was shown in intensive changing of the city sight. He was building splendid buildings alike to these he could see in Pest and Vienna where he used to go very often. He was accepting all pulsing in the architecture of that time, and consigned them to his birth place. By the end of Turkish directorate there are two public Turkish baths (hamam) but he is impressed with purple public bath in Pest, that results with building very similar ones in Mostar. He was a businessman with the inborn sense for work. He reacted fast when it was necessary to make a decision about new buildings' investments. Where community could not invest, he offered his own money.

Once, while having a session, Mujaga took a seat on the sideboard of the table, even his place, as a mayor, was in the forehead of the table. One councillor noticed that and asked him to take his place in the forehead of the table according to his rank. Mujaga replied: "It is not forehead where you say, forehead is where I am seating."

Apeiron de Art  5/10/1999

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