Bushati family
The House of Bushati was a prominent Ottoman Albanian family that ruled the Pashalik of Scutari from 1757 to 1831. Their dominance of the Scutari region was gained through a network of alliances with various highland tribes. Even after the fall of the pashaluk in 1831, the Bushatis continued to play an important role in the Albanian society. During the 19th century, Scutari was also known as a cultural centre and in the 1840s the Bushati Library was built.
There is also a village in Albania known as Bushat, just outside Shkodër.
History
The family claimed that it descended from the Islamized son of Lord Ivan Crnojević, Skenderbeg Crnojević.[1][2] That tradition strengthened the family's pretention over the Montenegro Vilayet.[1]
Genealogical tree of the House of Bushati
│Mehmed Paşa
├─> Derviş Bey
└─> Ömer Bey
│
└─> Süleyman Paşa (Vali of Rumelia, 1115 AH)
│
├─> Halil Paşa
├─> Ali Bey
├─> Hasan Paşa
├─> Arslan Paşa
├─> Deli Hüseyin Paşa
└─> Kapudan Mehmed Bey
│
├─> Abdullah Paşa
└─> Mustafa Bey
│
├─> Haci Süleyman Paşa
└─> Mehmed Paşa Plaku (the Old)
│
├─> İbrahim Paşa
├─> Ahmed Paşa
├─> Karamahmud Paşa
└─> Mustafa Paşa Qorri (the Blind)
│
└─> Mehmed Paşa (died in Tirana, in 1217 AH)
│
└─> Şerif Mustafa Paşa
│
├─> Mahmud Paşa
├─> İsuf Bey
├─> Hasan Paşa
└─> Riza Bey
│
└─> Celal Paşa
List of prominent family members
- Süleyman Bushati, sanjak-bey of Scutari, noted for his wars against Montenegrins.
- Kara Mahmud Bushati, chief of Albanian tribe based in Shkodër, named governor of Shkodër by the Ottoman authorities.
- Ibrahim Bushati
- Mustafa Pasha Bushati
- Zef Bushati, Ambassador to the Holy See
- Petrit Bushati, Senior Albanian Diplomat, Has served as Ambassador of Albania to Sweden, USA, Serbia & Montenegro
- Maliq Bushati, Prime Minister
- Sali Bushati, former member of the Assembly of Albania
- Astrit Bushati, member of the Assembly of Albania
- Ahmet Bushati, Chairman of Municipality Council of Shkoder 1992-1996
- Xhemal Bushati, politician, former member of the Assembly of Albania, anti-Zogist activist
- Ditmir Bushati, politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs
See also
For the village in Kosovo also sometimes called Bushati, see Komorane.
References
- 1 2 Đoko M. Slijepčević (1983). Srpsko-arbanaški odnosi kroz vekove sa posebnim osvrtom na novije vreme. D. Slijepčević.
... упадима и организованим нападима Скадарскога везира Махмуд-паше Бушатлије. У кући Бушатлија чувала се традици- ја о њиховом пореклу од потурченога сина Ивана Црнојевића. «Та традиција о пореклу Бушатлија јачала ...
- ↑ Vasilije Crnogorski; Paisij Khilendarski; Armando Pitassio; Sofronij Vrachanski (2003). Balcani nel caos. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane. p. 22. ISBN 978-88-495-0742-3.
Bushatli, sicché in seguito i vizir albanesi di Bushatli pretesero di discendere dai Crnojevic
Sources
- Jazexhiu, Olsi (2002). The Albanian Pashalik of Shkodra under Bushatlis 1757 – 1831. Kuala Lumpur: IIUM.
- Blumi, Isa (2011). Reinstating the Ottomans: Alternative Balkan Modernities, 1800-1912. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-11908-6.
- Pllumi, Zef. Frati i Pashallarëve Bushatli të Shkodrës:(Át Erasmo Balneo):(1756-1788); kronikë e gojdhanë. Botime Françeskane, 2004.
- Stavri, N. Pashalleku i Shkodrës nën sundimin e Bushatllive në gjysmën e dytë të shekullit të XVIII, 1757-1796.(La Pachalik de Shkodër sous les Bushatli à la deuxieme moitié du XVIIIe siècle. Résumé.). 1964.