What is "alija"

Alija may refer to:

• Ifraim Alija (born 1985), footballer
• Kučuk Alija (died 1804), janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk

• Alija Behmen (born 1940), former mayor of Sarajevo and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Alija Bešić (born 1975), retired Luxembourgian professional football player of Bosnian descent
• Alija Đerđelez, popular legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
• Alija Dumas (born 1929), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Alija Isaković (1932–1997), Bosnian writer, publicist and lexicographer of Bosnian
• Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Alija Jussupowa (born 1984), individual Rhythmic Gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity who competes for Kazakhstan
• Alija Sirotanović (1914–1990), Yugoslav miner of Bosnian Roma ethnicity, Hero of Socialist Labour

• Alija Eaglespike of Warrior, a fantasy novel written by Australian author Jennifer Fallon
• Alija del Infantado, a municipality which is part of Tierra de La Bañeza comarca, an autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain