Bushati family explained

The Bushati family (Albanian: Bushatllinjtë) 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 compound of (above the village).[1] This is a reference to them being pastoralists that weren't permanently settled. The Bushati started to settle permanently in the 15th century and this process had been completed in the late 16th century. Their settlement includes the village of Bushat in Shkodër in the Zadrima plain from where the Bushati family came. Another part settled with the tribe of Bukumiri in the would-be territory of the Piperi tribe, where they gradually became part of the new, larger tribe in the late 16th century. In the defter of 1497 they appear as in Piperi with 35 households.[2]

The Bushati family traces their origin to the Begaj brotherhood of Bushati that had converted to Islam possibly in the early 17th century. To promote their status and political goals statesmen, commanders and leaders from that family put forward different theories about their origins. Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi in his time recorded a story about them being descendants of a Jusuf Bey Plaku, who traced his origin and status to the era of Mehmed II . In the period of the Pashalik of Shkodra, Kara Mahmud sought to expand northwards in the old lands of Ivan Crnojević of the Middle Ages. In order to legitimize and strengthen his claim, he put forward another theory that he descended from Skenderbeg Crnojević, Ivan's Muslim son.[3] [4]

Albanian writer Sami Frashëri asserted that the Bushati family were descendants of the Dukagjini family.[5]

According to an official Albanian DNA project known as rrenjet[6] the Bushati family DNA was uploaded and analysed. The results show that the haplogroup of the Bushati family are E-V13>PH2180>FT232287.[7] [8] E-V13 is the most common haplogroup among the Albanians.

History

Their dominance of the Shkodër region was gained through a network of alliances with various highland tribes. Even after the fall of the pashalik in 1831, the Bushatis continued to play an important role in Albanian society. During the 19th century, Shkodër was also known as a cultural centre and in the 1840s the Bushati library was built.

List of prominent family members

See also

For the village in Kosovo also sometimes called Bushati, see Komorane.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Landi . Addolorata . Variazioni linguistiche in albanese . 2002 . Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane . 8881148455 . 46 . 20 February 2020 . Bushati.
  2. Pulaha . Selami . Kontribut për studimin e ngulitjes së katuneve dhe krijimin e fiseve në Shqipe ̈rine ̈ e veriut shekujt XV-XVI' [Contribution to the Study of Village Settlements and the Formation of the Tribes of Northern Albania in the 15th century] ]. Studime Historike . 1975 . 12 . 87–89 . 30 January 2020 . Pulaha2.
  3. Book: Đoko M. Slijepčević. Srpsko-arbanaški odnosi kroz vekove sa posebnim osvrtom na novije vreme. 1983. 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 ....
  4. Book: Vasilije Crnogorski. Paisij Khilendarski. Armando Pitassio. Sofronij Vrachanski. Balcani nel caos. 2003. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane. 978-88-495-0742-3. 22. Bushatli, sicché in seguito i vizir albanesi di Bushatli pretesero di discendere dai Crnojevic.
  5. Book: Frashëri, Sami . Sami Frashëri

    . Shqipëria dhe shqiptarët: Materiali nxjerrë nga "Diksionieri historik e gjeografik" . Dajti 2000 . 2002 . 9789992772027 . Tiranë . 244 . Sami Frashëri.

  6. Web site: Rrënjët – Projekti Shqiptar i ADN-së . 2024-01-05 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Prejardhja gjenetike e familjeve fisnike dhe feudale shqiptare – Rrënjët . 2024-01-05 . en-US.
  8. Web site: E-FT232287 YTree . 2024-01-05 . www.yfull.com.
  9. Book: Gawrych, George. The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913. 2006. London. IB Tauris. 9781845112875. 85.

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