Mehmed

Pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, gener ...

Bushati ( 1768–d. June 1775) was the Ottoman Albanian governor of the

Pashalik of Scutari The Pashalik of Scutari, Iskodra, or Shkodra (1757–1831), was an autonomous and ''de facto'' independent '' pashalik'' created by the Albanian Bushati family from the previous Sanjak of Scutari, which was situated around the city of Shkod� ...

, between 1768 and June 1775. He was succeeded by his son

Mustafa Pasha Bushati Mustafa Pasha Bushatli ( tr, Mustafa Paşa Buşatlı, 1797 – May 27, 1860), called ''Işkodralı'' ("from Scutari"), was a semi-independent Albanian Ottoman statesman, the last hereditary governor of the Pashalik of Scutari. In 1810 he succeede ...

, and thus founded the hereditary

Bushati family The Bushati family ( sq, Bushatllinjtë) was a prominent Ottoman Albanian family that ruled the Pashalik of Scutari from 1757 to 1831. Origins They are descendants of the medieval Bushati tribe, a pastoralist tribe (''fis'') in northern Albani ...

of Scutari.

History

Bushati was an Albanian Muslim clan leader. In 1768, Mehmed Pasha became the governor of the pashalik of Scutari. In 1769 he fought in Zadrima. In 1770 he fought in Morea against Greeks and Russians, and in 1772 he and his son participated in the march on Ulcinj. He continued the Scutari pretensions over Montenegro and Brda, and planned to suppress their revolt; in early April 1774, he was in Podgorica and met with some chieftains of the northern Albanian tribes to discuss the planned operation. In 1774, in the same month of the death of

Šćepan Mali Šćepan Mali ( sr-cyr, Шћепан Мали ), translated as Stephen the Little, Stephen the Small or Stephen the Humble, ( – 22 September 1773) was the first and only "tsar" of Montenegro, ruling the country as an absolute monarch from 1768 ...

, he attacked the Kuči and

Bjelopavlići Bjelopavlići ( cyrl, Бјелопавлићи; sq, Palabardhi), ) is a historical tribe (pleme) of Albanian origin and a valley in the Brda region of Montenegro, around the city of Danilovgrad. Geography The ''Bjelopavlići'' valley (also kn ...

with 15,000 troops, but was decisively defeated and returned to Scutari. This campaign had a great impact on the Kuči tribe which was described as "destroyed".He died in June 1775, but this did not return the Sultan's rule to northern Albania; he was succeeded by his young son, Mahmud Pasha.

Annotations

, sq, Mehmed Bushatlliu, sr, Mehmed-paša Bušatlija/Мехмед-паша Бушатлија

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