Mustafa Fadilpašić
| Mustafa Fadilpašić | |
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| 1st Mayor of Sarajevo | |
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In office 22 August 1878 – 1 April 1892 |
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| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Mehmed Kapetanović |
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Mustafa Šerifović 1830 Sarajevo, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1 April 1892 Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Spouse(s) | Nuri Gradaščević |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mustafa-beg Fadilpašić (born Mustafa Šerifović; 1830 – 1 April 1892) was the first Mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was appointed mayor in 1878 after more than 14,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, led by Josip Filipović, captured Bosnia and Herzegovina from the declining Ottoman Empire. He remained the mayor for the last 14 years of his life.
Mustafa Fadilpašić was born in Sarajevo with the surname Šerifović in 1830, into one of the most respected and wealthiest families in the city, as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mustafa was the son of Fadil-pasha Šerifović, a wealthy landowner, poet, calligrapher and political leader. During Ottoman times, the elder Šerifović was the Pasha of Sarajevo. Fadilpašić had a brother named Mahmud. Their brother-in-law was the Travnik dissident Šerif-beg Hafizadić.
It is believed that they were descended from Šerif Ahmed who migrated to Sarajevo around 1750 from the Kefe Eyalet and it is alleged that he himself was a descendant of the prophet Muhammad
Fadilpašić was raised and educated in the Ottoman capital city Constantinople. He also lived in Egypt before returning to Sarajevo in 1860. Upon his return to Sarajevo, he married Nuri Gradaščević, a woman who was known as the largest single landowner in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
His father died aged 80 on 25 November 1882 in Istanbul, having migrated there when the Habsburg regime took over Bosnia in 1878. He was buried in Üsküdar. Fadilpašić's paternal grandparents were Mustafa Nurudin and Ćamila Fazlagić (died 1848).
During the summer of 1878, the Austro-Hungarian army, led by Josip Filipović, began invading Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although met with resistance by the Ottoman Bosnian army, led by their commander Smail Haki-beg Selmanović, the Austro-Hungarians quickly captured the entire region, which had been a part of the weakening Ottoman Empire.
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