Elez Isufi
Elez Isufi
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Birth name | Elez Isuf Ndreu |
Nickname(s) | Arusha e Malit Albanian for "The bear of the highland" |
Born | 1861 Sllova, Debre, Scutari Vilayet |
Died | December 1924 (aged 63) Peshkopi, Albania |
Allegiance | Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo |
Elez Isufi (1861 – December 1924) was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter.
Biography
[This picture is not of Elez Isufi but Isuf Xhelili}
Eliz Isufi was born in the village of Sllova in the Dibra region. 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 advanced to Tirana.[2] They reached the northeastern neighborhoods of the capital, went into skirmish 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 Democratic Revolution and was killed by Yugoslav troops at the end of 1924 during the insurgence for overthrowing Nolis' government.[1]