Mula Mustafa Bašeskija (c. 1731 – 18 August 1809) was a Bosnian chronicler, diarist, poet, calligrapher and retired Janissary in the Ottoman Empire.
[2] Bašeskija was born into a poor Muslim family in a Sarajevo quarter named after Mimar Sinan.
In his shop, in addition to clerical jobs, he taught students and other people in the Arabic calligraphy and Sharia law.
In 1779, he wrote that he and few friends met once a week in a house, where, in addition to gathering and conversing for half an hour, were dedicated to reading books.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with most of Europe, experienced a resurgence of the Black Death plague in the 18th century.