Mate Sarlija

Mate Šarlija (born March 15, 1929 in Zvekovica , Konavle as Nijaz Batlak ; † January 31, 1999 in Zagreb ), called Daidža ( uncle ), was a major general ( General Bojnik ) of the Croatian armed forces in retirement. At the beginning of the Croatian War (1991-1995), Šarlija was the founder and commander of I. Dobrovoljačka pukovnija "Kralj Tomislav" (I. Volunteer Regiment " Kralj Tomislav ") of the Croatian army. The unit then belonged to the Bosnian War (1992-1995) under the name 1. Bosansko-hercegovački korpus-zbor "Kralj Tomislav" (1st Bosnian-Herzegovinian Corps "Kralj Tomislav") formally to the Bosnian army .

Life

Grave of Mate Šarlija (alias Nijaz Batlak) with his likeness in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb

Šarlija described himself as a Croat of Muslim denomination and, according to his own account, was a member of the fascist Ustaška mladež in the Independent State of Croatia during the Second World War .

At the beginning of the Croatian War, he came in 1991 from more than 30 years of exile in the United States to the newly independent Croatia .

He later worked as an international relations consultant at the Croatian Embassy in Sarajevo .

In a state act on February 4, 1999, Šarlija was buried with military honors in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb .

literature

• Andrijana SESO: Daidža na braniku domovine . In: Hrvatski vojnik . No. 5 , February 12, 1992, p. 10 f . ( hrvatski-vojnik.hr [PDF]).
• Mirjana Kuretić: Daidža . In: Hrvatski vojnik . No. 17 , July 31, 1992, pp. 10 ( hrvatski-vojnik.hr [PDF] portrait).
• Anđelka Mustapić: Život za Hrvatsku: Razgovor s general-bojnikom Matom Šarlijom Daidžom, ratnikom-povratnikom koji je hrvatskoj državi darovao više od pola stoljeća života . In: Hrvatski vojnik . No. 35 , April 9, 1993, pp. 9-11 (interview).

Web links

• Večernji list: Mate Šarlija Daižda - Tajanstvene prošlosti, general u Hrvatskoj vojsci. Retrieved December 20, 2016 (Croatian, biography). 

Awards

• Order of Prince Domagoj with collar
• Order of the Ban Jelačić
• Order of Ante Starčević
• Order of the Croatian Trefoil
• Order of Croatian Wattle
• Commemorative badge (medal) of the Homeland War
• Commemorative badge (medal) of native gratitude
• Medal for exceptional companies

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bosiljko Domazet: Razgovarali smo s popularnim Daidžom: "Upack'o, pa sad tražim sastanak ..." In: Domovina . November 3, 1992, p. 15 ( slobodanpraljak.com [PDF] interview). Razgovarali smo s popularnim Daidžom: "Upack'o, pa sad tražim sastanak ..." ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ There are different spellings of the unit's name in official documents. The one used here corresponds to the inscription of the official seal stamp of the unit, used in June 1992, which also showed the coat of arms of the Croatian community Herceg-Bosna . See letter from Mate Šarlija from Pazarić (on Hadžići) to the commander of the HVO Mostar dated 04.06.1992. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 22, 2016 ; Retrieved December 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ B. Vlašić: Mate Šarlija Daidža, savjetnik za međunarodne odnose u Veleposlanstvu RH u Sarajevu: “Ratovao sam samo protiv vojnika” (interview). (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 22, 2016 ; Retrieved December 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ HRT: Pokopan General Nijaz Batlak-Daidža, February 4, 1999. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 10, 2008 ; Retrieved December 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ HRT: Umro je hrvatski general Mate Šarlija Daidža, January 31, 1999. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 22, 2016 ; Retrieved December 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.