Mustafa Ejubović (1651 – 16 July 1707), also known as Šejh Jujo, was a Bosnian historian, writer and Mufti of Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography

Mustafa Ejubović was born in a

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

family in the Herzegovinian town of

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

in 1651. His father Jusuf was a distinguished professor. Young Mustafa taught maktab and

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

in Mostar before departing for

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

to study in 1677. There he listened to lectures on philosophy, astronomy and mathematics. When he graduated, he got a professorship at a lower madrasa in Constantinople, became famous for his lectures, and soon began to teach. Ejubović wrote 27

treatise A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay, and more concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject and its conclusions."Treat ...

s on logic during his lifetime. In addition to his native

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, he also spoke Arabic, Turkish and Persian. Upon his return to Bosnia, Ejubović became the Mufti of Mostar in 1692. He died on 16 July 1707 in his hometown.

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1651 births 1707 deaths Writers from Mostar Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cultural historians 17th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire Codicologists {{BosniaHerzegovina-bio-stub