The Bushati family 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 Bushati family was of Albanian origin. 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.
│Mehmed Paşa ├─> Derviş Bey └─> Ömer Bey │ └─> Süleyman Paşa (Vali of Rumelia, 1115 AH) │ ├─> Halil Paşa ├─> Ali Bey ├─> Hasan Paşa ├─> Arslan Paşa ├─> Deli Hüseyin Paşa └─> Kapudan Mehmed Bey │ ├─> Abdullah Paşa └─> Mustafa Bey │ ├─> Haci Süleyman Paşa └─> Mehmed Paşa Plaku (the Old) │ ├─> İbrahim Paşa ├─> Ahmed Paşa ├─> Karamahmud Paşa └─> Mustafa Paşa Qorri (the Blind) │ └─> Mehmed Paşa (died in Tirana, in 1217 AH) │ └─> Şerif Mustafa Paşa │ ├─> Mahmud Paşa ├─> İsuf Bey ├─> Hasan Paşa └─> Riza Bey │ └─> Celal Paşa
Süleyman Bushati, sanjak-bey of Scutari, noted for his wars against Montenegrins.Kara Mahmud Bushati, chief of Albanian tribe based in Shkodër, named governor of Shkodër by the Ottoman authorities.Ibrahim BushatiMustafa Pasha BushatiZef Bushati, Ambassador to the Holy SeePetrit Bushati, Senior Albanian Diplomat, Has served as Ambassador of Albania to Sweden, USA, Serbia & MontenegroMaliq Bushati, Prime MinisterSali Bushati, former member of the Assembly of AlbaniaAstrit Bushati, member of the Assembly of AlbaniaAhmet Bushati, Chairman of Municipality Council of Shkoder 1992-1996Xhemal Bushati, politician, former member of the Assembly of Albania, anti-Zogist activist
