Mićo Ljubibratić

Mihajlo "Mićo" Ljubibratić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мићо Љубибратић; 1839 – February 26, 1889) was a Serbian voivoide (military commander), Orthodox priest, writer and translator that participated in the many uprisings in the Herzegovina region. He was the first person in the Balkans to translate the Koran into Serbo-Croatian. Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Albanian translations would follow in the 20th century.

Leaders and Heroes of the Uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina, illustration in the Serb calendar Orao (1876). Ljubibratić to the left.

Mihajlo Ljubibratić was born in Ljubovo, Trebinje (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina). In the Herzegovinian Uprising (1857–1862), he joined Luka Vukalović. He supported Garibaldi in the Italian revolution. After the fall of the uprising (1862), he goes to Serbia where he continues organizing the liberation of Balkan peoples, also seeking to add Slavic Muslims in the bands. In the Herzegovina Uprising (1875-1878), the Serbian government, which dare not to publicly assist because of international pressure, secretly sends Ljubibratić among others to lead the uprising. In March 1876, he fights in Bosnia, but is captured and interrogated by the Austrians. In March 1877, he returns to Serbia, and upon the Herzegovina-Boka Uprising (1882), he devotes himself to establish an administrative body and the cooperation of Serbs and Muslims (i.e. Bosniaks) against the Austro-Hungarians.