Arnaut Osman


Arnaut Osman is a hero of Serbian, Albanian, and Bosniak epic poetry. The Serbo-Croatian language poems about Arnaut Osman include "Young Marjan and Arnaut Osman", "Sekula and Arnaut Osman" and "Mujo Hrnjica kills Simun Brehulja". Albanian language poems about Arnaut Osman include "Sirotan Alia and Arnaut Osman".

Epic poetry on Serbo-Croatian language

The poem "Young Marjan and Arnaut Osman" was recorded by Vuk Karadžić, based on the singing of Anđelko Vuković from Kosovo. The main motif of this poem is brotherhood and conciliation.
Another song recorded by Vuk Karadžić is titled "Sekula and Arnaut Osman".
The poem "Mujo Hrnjica Kills Simun Brehulja" testifies that Arnaut Osman was one of famous bayraktars in the epic poetry of Bosniaks. In this poem, Christian hero Simun Brehulja inflicted deadly wounds to Arnaut Osman and killed chetniks under his command.
Some singers of this poem referred to Osman as Captain Osman instead of Arnaut Osman. Some variants of this song are titled "Mujo Hrnjica Liberates His Blood-Brother Arnaut Osman".
Arnaut Osman is one of the heroes of the novel Elizabeth, the Montenegrin Queen, written by Đura Jakšić in 1868.

Epic poetry on Albanian language

Arnaut Osman is also a hero of the Albanian epic poetry. He is one of main characters in the song "Sirotan Alia and Arnaut Osman" Albanian epic poetry had also recorded a poem almost identical to a poem about Mali Radojica, although the poem renames Mali Radojica to Arnaut Osman.