Bosnian historian prof.dr.Enver Imamović, believes than the modern-day
Bosniaks do not continue the lineage of any Slavic tribe, but rather of an
ancient Illyrian tribe called Posen. He gives a serious reference to support
his statement and adduces the ancient Greek historian Appain of Alexandria (c.
95 – 165 C.E) who mentions an Illyrian tribe named Posen as living on the
territories of modern-day Bosnia and Hercegovina. Mr.Imamović corroborates that
the term Posen is nothing else but a corrupted form of the Illyrian term Bosen.
Thus, mr. Imamović concludes that when talking about modern-day Bosniaks and
the ancient Illyrian Posens we are talking about „one and the same people with
the same name and a historic continuity of 2,000 years“.
To support his theory of the Illyrian ancestry of the Bosniaks, mr.Imamović mentions that the very name Bosnia is pre-Slavic and that it was existent long before the Serb and Croat tribes moved to the Balkan. Thus, he mentions that„already in the Roman time Bosnia was called approximately Bassania“.
To support his theory of the Illyrian ancestry of the Bosniaks, mr.Imamović mentions that the very name Bosnia is pre-Slavic and that it was existent long before the Serb and Croat tribes moved to the Balkan. Thus, he mentions that„already in the Roman time Bosnia was called approximately Bassania“.
Bosniaks are Illyrians
Prof. dr. Enver Imamović in his book “Historija bosanske vojske” ("The history of the Bosnian army") describes at length the Bosnian Illyrians, their military and social system. For this text the most important part of the book is the one that describes the vast density of Illyrians in Bosnia before the advent of the Romans and the Slavs:
After they had conquered the coastal tribes the Romans headed inland. At that time Bosnia was inhabited by numerous Illyrian tribes. They were considered as particularly brave and warlike by the surrounding tribes. The north-western part of Bosnia was inhabited by Japodi, east of them, between the rivers Vrbas and Bosna, were the Mezeji and in the central Podrinje there were Dindari. Desetijati inhabited central Bosnia, Dalmati western Bosnia and Ardijejci southern Herzegovina and the Adriatic coast.
Nakon što su pokorili obalna plemena Rimljani su krenuli u unutrašnjost zemlje. U to doba Bosna i Hercegovina je bila naseljena brojnim ilirskim plemenima. Ona su od okolnih plemena smatrana izuzetno hrabrim i ratobornim. Sjeverozapadnu Bosnu naseljavali su Japodi. Istočno do njih, između rijeka Vrbasa i Bosne, živjeli su Mezeji a u srednjem Podrinju Dindari. Desitijati su naseljavali srednju Bosnu, Dalmati zapadnu, a Ardijejci južnu Hercegovinu i primorje.
According to prof. dr. Enver Imamović and academician Muhamed Filipović, the Bosniak people are direct descendants of Illyrians which can be easily confirmed through various analyses especially historical but also religious.
It has long been regarded that the Albanians are the only direct descendants of the Illyrians, however the things that mr. Imamović and mr. Filipović have brought forth in their historical analysis's and papers confirmed the findings of the Swiss institute IGENEA. Namely, the experts of the institute came to a conclusion that only 20% of the Albanians have the Illyrian gene on the other hand 40% of the Bosnians have the gene as well.
When the Slavs arrived in the Balkans they performed genocide over the Illyrians, it is believed that 4 million of them were killed, and the survivors had to forcefully assimilate into the community of the Slavs.
NAME: Illyrian
EVOLVED FROM: Danubian / Yamnaya
COUNTRY: Albania / Croatia / Bosnia and Hercegovina / Romania / Greece / Turkey
REGION: Dalmatia, Bosnia/Hercegovina
TERRITORY: Illyria
LANDMARKS: Adriatic Sea / Balkan Peninsula
SITES: Gmunden / Oberzeiring / Koman
CENTERS: Glasinac / Skodra
AGE: Neolithic / Bronze / Iron
DATES: BC 2000 /BC 15th – 12th c / BC 1000 / BC 900 / BC 8th c / BC 5th c / BC 393 / BC 359 / BC 310 / BC 3rd / AD 168
DEITIES: Galatea
SIGNATURE: tumulus / villages / hillforts / tattoos / horse breeders / sea raiders / lembi
