Alija

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Alija is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Kučuk Alija (died 1804), janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk

Given name – female

• Alija Jussupowa (born 1984), rhythmic gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity who competes for Kazakhstan

Bosnian given name – male

• Alija Alijagić (1896–1922), Bosnian communist and assassin
• Alija Behmen (1940–2018), former mayor of Sarajevo and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Alija Bešić (born 1975), retired Luxembourgish professional football player of Bosnian descent
• Alija Đerđelez, popular legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
• Alija Dumas (1929–2023), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Alija Gušanac (fl. 1804–05), Albanian Ottoman brigand
• Alija Isaković (1932–1997), Bosnian writer, publicist and lexicographer of Bosnian
• Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Alija Krnić (born 1993), Montenegrin footballer
• Alija Sirotanović (1914–1990), Yugoslav miner of Bosniak ethnicity, Hero of Socialist Labour
• Alija Solak (born 1944), Bosnian footballer
• Alija Šuljak (1901–1992), Bosnian Muslim Croat politician and Ustaše military officer

Fictional characters

• Alija Eaglespike of Warrior, a fantasy novel written by Australian author Jennifer Fallon

See also

• Alija del Infantado, a municipality which is part of Tierra de La Bañeza comarca, an autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain
• Alia (name)
• Aliya
• Alijan (disambiguation)
• Alinja
• Avlija
• Balija
• Galija
• Malija
• Salija

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