Ibrahim Bushati or Ibrahim Bushat

Pasha Pasha (; ; ) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitary, dignitaries, and others. ''Pasha'' was also one of the highest titles in the 20th-century Kingdom of ...

(; died 1810) was a noble of the

Bushati The Bushati family () is an Albanian Muslim family that ruled the Pashalik of Scutari from 1757 to 1831. Origins They are descendants of the medieval Bushati tribe, a pastoralist tribe () in northern Albania and Montenegro. The name Bushat is c ...

family in Ottoman controlled

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near the city of

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...

. Brother of Kara Mahmud Bushati, the Ottoman appointed governor of

. During his rule in Shkodra, Ibrahim was appointed Beylebey of Rumelia in 1805 and took part in the attempt to crush the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

under

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after the Battle of Ivankovac. Ibrahim Bushati is also known to have aided Ali Pasha on various occasions. In fact Ali Pasha's two sons Muktar Pasha and Veil Pasha are known to have served under the command of Ibrahim Bushati in 1806.Srbija i Albanci u XIX i početkom XX veka: ciklus predavanja 10-25. November 1987 Ibrahim Bushati inherited a very turbulent position at

, especially after the events of the

and consistently worked closely with the Ottoman Empire right up until his death in 1810. He was succeeded by Mustafa Reshit Pasha.

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* 1810 deaths I 18th-century Albanian people 19th-century Albanian people Year of birth unknown Ottoman Albanian nobility Ottoman governors of Scutari People of the First Serbian Uprising Ottoman military personnel of the Serbian Revolution Albanian monarchs {{europe-noble-stub Pashalik of Scutari

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