Elez Isufi

Elez Isufi (1861 – 29 December 1924) was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter.

Elez Isufi Ndreu
Birth nameElez Isuf Ndreu
Nickname(s)Arusha e Malit
Albanian for "The bear of the highland"
Born1861 (1861)
Sllovë, Dibër, Scutari Vilayet
Died19 December 1924(1924-12-19) (aged 62–63)
Peshkopi, Albania
AllegianceCommittee for the National Defence of Kosovo
Battles/warsFirst Balkan War
  • Uprising of Dibra
Children(Hysen Elez Ndreu) Cen Elezi

Biography

Elez Isufi was born in the village of Sllovë in the Dibër region, was son of 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 Democratic Revolution and was killed by Yugoslav troops at the end of 1924 during the insurgence for overthrowing Nolis' government.[1]

References
  1. Robert Elsie (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. ISBN 9780810873803. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. Aleks Buda (1985), Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar, Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH, p. 614, OCLC 15296028
  4. 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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.