Mustafa Ejubović (1651 – 16 July 1707), also known as Šejh Jujo, was a Bosnian historian, writer and Mufti of Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography

Mustafa Ejubović was born in a Bosnian family in the Herzegovinian town of Mostar in 1651. His father Jusuf Ejubović was a distinguished professor. Young Mustafa taught maktab and madrasa in Mostar before departing for Constantinople to study in 1677. There he listened to lectures on philosophy, astronomy and mathematics. When he graduated, he got a professorship at a lower madrasa in Constantinople, became famous for his lectures, and soon began to teach. Ejubović wrote 27 treatises on logic during his lifetime. In addition to his native Bosnian language, he also spoke Arabic, Turkish and Persian.

Mustafa Ejubović

Upon his return to Bosnia, Ejubović became the Mufti of Mostar in 1692. He died on 16 July 1707 in his hometown.

Mustafa Ejubović

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Modos.ba

1651 births

1707 deaths

Writers from Mostar

Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cultural historians

17th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire

Codicologists

Mustafa Ejubović