| Behar | |
| Founder: | Edhem Mulabdić, Safvet-beg Bašagić, Osman Nuri Hadžić |
| Publisher: | Ademaga Mešić |
| Frequency: | Biweekly |
| Firstdate: | 1 May 1900 |
| Language: | Bosnian, Croatian |
| Finaldate: | 1911[1] |
| Based: | Sarajevo |
| Country: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Behar was a Bosniak political magazine published twice monthly between 1900 and 1911.[2] The word behar (blossom in Bosnian) derives from Persian bahār (spring, blossom).[3] It was established in 1900 by Bosniak intellectuals Edhem Mulabdić, Safvet-beg Bašagić, and Osman Nuri Hadžić, assisted financially by Ademaga Mešić.
During the first eight years of existence it was primarily focused on religious and family topics.[2] Magazine published articles on Islamic past and religion, literally works of local authors and translations of Oriental literature.[2] In VII volume it regularly published 4 pages of text in Ottoman Turkish, while from the IX volume it was also marked as a Croatian magazine.[2] The magazine was published in Gaj's Latin alphabet.[2]
In addition to Bašagić and Mulabdić, Musa Ćazim Ćatić, Džemaludin Čaušević, and Ljudevit Dvorniković also served as editors during the decade that the magazine was published.[4]
A 1927 revival, called Novi behar (New Blossom), by Hamdija Kreševljaković and Husein Dubravić lasted until 1943.[5]