We have the only information about Jashari's birthday from the French vice-consul in Pristina, Antoine Vas. He must have been born in 1788 or 1787 in Pristina. He was the nephew — brother's son — of Malik Pasha. He is known for the construction of the middle mosque that still bears his name in the capital. Also for the help in the construction of the orthodox church of St. Nicholas that still stands today in Pristina. He held the post of leader of Pristina, Vushtrri and Novobërda from 1823 until at least March 1839. In 1831, he joined Mahmut Pasha Bushatlli in the uprising against the High Gate. But after the defeat, he returned to devotion to the Sultan. It is very likely that he died in October 1846, although his name does not appear in Pristina in the 1844 census.

Until now, no engraving or drawing has appeared that would present the appearance of this leader of Pristina, but there is a physical description made at the end of the 19th century by an elderly resident of the city. We are bringing it here translated,

“Jashar Pasha was a short, agile and quick-witted man, thin and blond. When he got angry with someone, he would start licking the ends of his fingers, and everyone around him was already trembling for fear of whom he would point the finger at to hang them. A Serb was hanged only for the fact that, after the Pasha had stopped the dissolution of the cooperatives, he had gone to complain that he could not stay in the cooperative even if he was hanged. Pasha immediately ordered that this be done. He was also very strict with his children, when he once told one of them in the evening that he was going to work in Gjilan tomorrow, the latter had left in a hurry and arriving in Gjilan in the middle of the night to his cousin Pasha, and when they had asked him what business this visit was for, he did not know how to tell them, but he told them that he did not dare to wait for the dawn of the morning.”