Mustafa Ejubović | |
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Born | 1651 |
Died | 16 July 1707 Mostar, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire | (aged 56)
Occupation | Historian |
Mustafa Ejubović (1651 – 16 July 1707), also known as Šejh Jujo, was a Bosnian philosopher, historian, writer and Mufti of Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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. [1] 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. [2] Ejubović wrote 27 treatises on logic during his lifetime. [3] IHe contributed to Bosnian literature on his native Bosnian language, but he was also fluent in Arabic, Turkish and Persian. [4]
Upon his return to Bosnia, Ejubović became the Mufti of Mostar in 1692. [5] He died on 16 July 1707 in his hometown. [6]