Elez Isufi
Elez Isufi Ndreu | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Birth name | Elez Isuf Ndreu |
| Nickname(s) | Arusha e Malit Albanian for "The bear of the highland" |
| Born | 1861 Sllovë, Dibër, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, (modern Albania) |
| Died | 19 December 1924 (aged 62–63) Peshkopi, Albania |
| Allegiance | Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo |
| Battles/wars | First Balkan War
|
| Children | (Hysen Elez Ndreu) Cen Elezi |
| Relations | Isuf Ndreu (father) |
Elez Isuf Ndreu (1861 – 29 December 1924) was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter.
Biography[edit]
Elez Isufi was born in the village of Sllovë in the Dibër region in 1861. His father was Isuf Ndreu. He and his guerrilla band resisted Serb forces in 1912. A close ally of Bajram Curri, Isufi led an uprising in Dibra on 15 August 1921 to free the region from Serb forces. The fighting continued up to December 1921.[1]
He was involved in a further uprising on 1 March 1922 against the regime of Ahmet Zogu, and his Dibran fighters were able to cross the mountains and advance to Tirana.[2] They reached the northeastern neighborhoods of the capital, went into skirmishes with the government forces led by Prenk Pervizi and withdrew only after the intervention of British diplomat Harry Eyres.[3] They were first given death sentence by the military court and later received amnesty.[4]
He took the side of Fan Noli during the June Revolution (Albania) and was killed by Yugoslav troops at the end of 1924 during the insurgence for overthrowing Nolis' government.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Robert Elsie (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. ISBN 9780810873803. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ Ivo Banac (1988). The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics. Cornell University Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0801494932.
In March 1922, Bajram Curri, Hasan Bej Prishtina, and Elez Isufi, and important kacak leader, tried to overthrow the government in Tirana, but failed.
- ^ Aleks Buda (1985), Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar, Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH, p. 614, OCLC 15296028
- ^ Fehmi Sufaj (2000), Historia e burgjeve të Shqipërisë gjatë shek. XX [History of Albanian prisons in the 20th century], Albin, p. 81, ISBN 9789992732496,
Elez Isufi, Zija Dibra, Jusuf Xhelili e Hysen Eles Isufi të falen nga dënimi me vdekje në litar, dhënë në mungesë prej gjyqit ushtarak të Tiranës
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
