Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.59323/k.17.1.8
The Hajduk Harambaša Mijat Tomić in the Cultural Memory of Croatians
Marko Dragić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5362-6814
; Sveučilište u Splitu Filozofski fakultet, Split, Hrvatska
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* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
Harambaša Mijat Tomić, along with Harambaša Andrijica Šimić, is the most
beloved hajduk in the historical memory of Croats. Mijat Tomić was born in
1610 in Brišnik near Duvno. He lost his father Ivan and mother Kata at an early
age, and his uncle Niko took care of him. He learned to read and write with the
help of friars. Tomić herded sheep for twenty years for the Kopčić beys. When
the kadi Suzica confiscated the meadow Jabuka, which was his ancestral land,
he joined the hajduks in Vran mountain. It is most often stated that his hajduk
group numbered forty-two members. In his group, along with Catholics, there
were also Orthodox Christians and Muslims. He helped the poor. In Repovci
near Konjic, Tomić brought water to the local population of Lisinje. He built
fountains for travellers and passers-by in various parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
His most loyal helpers were from Drašnice near Makarska. He was
particularly close to the Kopčić beys, spending three winters with his blood
brother Džafer-bey and his mother. There are numerous tales and songs that are
still told today about the hero Mijat Tomić. He was betrayed by his duplicitous
godfather Ilija Bobovac from Doljani. Bobovac invited him to be his godfather
again, but locked Alija from Klis and his twelve soldiers in the room where he
had cut out a window. Mijat’s godmother overheard the conversation between
the Arap from Klis and her husband Ilija Bobovac. When Mijat came to Ilija
Bobovac, the godmother tried in vain to warn Mijat that he was in mortal danger.
After some time, the Arap from Klis fired through the cut-out window and
killed Mijat Tomić. That happened on St. Elijah’s day (July 20) in 1656, or
certainly between 1656 and 1659, during the reign of Seidin Pasha. Songs and
legends about Mijat Tomić continue to be told today. The paper presents more
than twenty examples of cultural memory recorded in the late 20th and early
21st centuries.
Ključne riječi
Mijat Tomić ; hajduks ; betrayal ; Mali Marijan ; death of Mijat Tomić
Hrčak ID:
347077
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Datum izdavanja:
1.6.2026.
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