Halit Berzeshta

Halit Bey Bërzeshta (1840 1909) was an Ottoman Albanian military physician and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Halit Bej Berzeshta, 1840-1909

Biography

Bërzeshta was born in Bërzeshta, Vilayet of Monastir, Ottoman Albania (today Librazhd District, Albania) in 1840.
He was a member of the Secret Association of the Albanians of Monastir (Albanian: Organizata e Fshehtë e Shqiptareve të Manastirit),[1] the Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania, and one of the main Albanian activists in Monastir,[2][3] where he joined forces with Bajo Topulli supporting guerrilla fighting against the Ottoman government. He died in 1909.

References

  1. Reshat Nexhipi (1996). Shtypja dhe rezistenca shqiptare në Maqedoni nëpër shekuj. Manastir : [s.n.] p. 149. OCLC 78705393.
  2. Vebi Xhemaili (2013-11-14), Manastiri qender e levizjes kombetare shqiptare dhe reformat e Myrstagut [Monastir, center of Albanian national movement and Murstag Reforms] (in Albanian), zemrashqiptare.net, retrieved 2013-12-29, Në këtë kohë më aktivë në Lëvizjen Kombëtare Shqiptare në Manastir ishin: Halit Bërzeshta dhe Fehim Zavalani
  3. Kristaq Prifti (2002). Lidhja Shqiptare e Pejës : lëvizia kombëtare 1896-1900 [Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Inst. i Historisë]. Tirana: Botimet Toena. p. 177. ISBN 9789992716199.
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