Introduction to Rushdi Zekat: Rushdi Zekat, a descendant of a famous family, is the current owner of this house. His great-grandfather Bechir Zekat was a famous Pasha in Albania (the governor of the provinces of the old Ottoman Empire). Special Secretary of Tiplena. In order to show this prominent family background, Rushdie built the house at the highest point in the city, almost on the same level as the castle.