Kara Mahmud Pasha

Kara Mahmud Pasha
Kara Mahmud Pasha
	Portrait of Kara Mahmud Pasha at the National Art Gallery, Tirana by Simon Rrota
Governor of Scutari
Reign	June 1775–September 1796
Predecessor	Mehmed Pasha
Successor	Ibrahim Pasha
Born	Sanjak of Scutari, Ottoman Empire
Died	22 September 1796; Krusi, Montenegro
Wars and battles	Orlov revolt; First Scutari-Montenegrin War Battle of Ulcinj; ; First Scutari-Berat War; Second Scutari-Berat War Battle of Peqin; Zadrima revolt; First Işbuzi revolt; ; Third Scutari-Berat War Battle of Tirana; First Battle of Kavaja; Battle of Durrës; Kruja raid; Siege of Tirana; Second Battle of Kavaja; Battle of Durrës; Second Işbuzi revolt; ; Second Scutari-Montenegrin War Battle of Işbuzi; Battle of Crmničani; Capture of Cetinje; ; Fourth Scutari-Berat War Siege of Peqin; Battle of Elbasan; Siege of Berat; Myzeqe Campaign; Battle of Korçë; Battle near Peqin; Battle near Peqin; ; Kara Mahmud's campaign against Venice; First Scutari-Ottoman War Siege of Shkodra; ; Conflicts with the Tosk Pashas; Second Scutari-Ottoman War Battle of Prizren; First Siege of Shkodra; Second Siege of Shkodra; ; Third Scutari-Montenegrin War Battle of Lopate; Battle of Martinići; Battle of Krusi †; ;
Family	Bushati
Issue	Mustafa Pasha
Father	Mehmed Pasha

Kara Mahmud Pasha (Turkish: Kara Mahmut Paşa, Albanian: Mahmut Pashë Bushati, fl. 1749 – 22 September 1796) was a hereditary Ottoman Albanian governor (mutasarrıf) of the Pashalik of Scutari who became de facto independent ruler of Albania, challenging the authority of the Sublime Porte. He belonged to the Albanian Bushati family. Mahmud was the son of Mehmed Pasha Bushati, the governor of the pashalik of Scutari and Mahmud also claimed descent from Skenderbeg Crnojević.