Bašagić co-founded the political journal Behar and was a founder of the cultural society and magazine Gajret, and was elected President of the Bosnian council in 1910.

The Bašagić collection of Islamic manuscripts and old books, which can be found in the holdings of the University Library in Bratislava, was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 1997.

In the turmoil of the turbulent development of Balkan nations in the 19th and 20th centuries, his valuable collection eventually found its haven of rest in the funds of the University Library, Bratislava.The University Library in Bratislava makes considerable provisions for the protection of Bašagić's collection documents that are adequate to their worth and value.

The entire collection has been professionally examined by Czech and Slovak scholars and is carefully stored and used for scientific purposes.

To adequately protect the original documents and ensure their preservation for future generations, while also enabling access for both scholarly and general audiences, the Library has decided to digitize the collection and publish it in an electronic format.