The Muslibegovics represent a noble lineage in Hercegovina, a where its members were governors for many centuries. Members of this noble family establish themselves in Mostar at the end of the 17th century following the fall of Herceg-Novi the to the Venetians in 1687. At that time, the Muslibegovic is owned property all over Herzegovinia (the southern portion of today's Bosnia Hercegovina) and continue to exert substantial influence over social and political affairs in the region.