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.

The family claimed that it descended from the Islamized son of Lord Ivan Crnojević, Skenderbeg Crnojević. That tradition strengthened the family's pretention over the Montenegro Vilayet.

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

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