Mustafa Fadilpašić | |
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| 1stMayor of Sarajevo | |
| In office 22 August 1878 – 6 December 1892 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Mehmed Kapetanović |
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| Born | Mustafa Šerifović (1830-09-06)6 September 1830 |
| Died | 6 December 1892(1892-12-06) (aged 62) |
| Spouse | Nuri Gradaščević |
Mustafa-beg Fadilpašić (bornMustafa Šerifović; 6 September 1830 – 6 December 1892) was the firstMayor of Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was appointed mayor in 1878 after more than 14,000Austro-Hungarian troops, led byJosip Filipović,captured Bosnia and Herzegovina from the decliningOttoman Empire.[1][2] 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 thePasha of Sarajevo.[3] Fadilpašić had a brother named Mahmud. Their brother-in-law was theTravnik dissident Šerif-beg Hafizadić.
It is believed[by whom?] that they were descended from Šerif Ahmed who migrated to Sarajevo around 1750 from theKefe Eyalet and it is alleged that he himself was a descendant of theprophet Muhammad[dubious –discuss]
Fadilpašić was raised and educated in theOttoman capital cityConstantinople. 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, and niece of military leaderHusein Gradaščević.
His father died aged 80 on 26 November 1882 inIstanbul, having migrated there when theHabsburg regime took over Bosnia in 1878.[4] He was buried inÜsküdar. Fadilpašić's paternal grandparents were Mustafa Nurudin, who was killed in January 1827, just prior to theBosnian uprising, and Ćamila Fazlagić (died 1848).
During the summer of 1878, the Austro-Hungarian army, led byJosip Filipović, beganinvading 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 weakeningOttoman Empire.
Immediately after the arrival of the Austro-Hungarian government, Fadilpašić was appointed the firstMayor of Sarajevo, a position which was originally housed in a building on the left bank of theMiljacka, and later in Bistrik, one of the oldest settlements in the city.
During his governance, Sarajevo underwent noticeable positive changes and Sarajevans were particularly fond of their first mayor. He enacted the first regulatory plan of Sarajevo, which provided protection and revitalization for the historic bazaarBaščaršija. In 1880 he implemented the firstwagonettes in Sarajevo. Five years later, he had horse-drawntrams installed.
For the first time in six centuries, in 1881, he reinstated theCatholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Pope Leo XIII namedJosip Štadler the first archbishop of Sarajevo. Around that same time, he commissioned the building of, what is today known as, theBuilding of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was designed byJosip Vancaš. Fadilpašić also commissioned theNational Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina,Sacred Heart Cathedral, aSharia law school, a grammar school and multiplehamams.
Fadilpašić, his father and his brother became the most politically influential Sarajevans near the end of the 19th century.[5]
Having spent the final 14 years of his life as the mayor of Sarajevo, Fadilpašić died on 6 December 1892 at the Vakus Hospital in Sarajevo, where he had been transported after a fit of nausea. He was buried in theGazi Husrev-beg Mosque.[6]
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| Preceded by Office established | Mayor of Sarajevo 1878–1892 | Succeeded by |
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