1. Bajram Curri was an Albanian chieftain, politician and activist who struggled for the independence of Albania, later struggling for Kosovo's incorporation into it following the 1913 Treaty of London.
14 Facts About Bajram Curri
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Bajram Curri was posthumously given the title Hero of Albania.
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Bajram Curri was born in 1862 while his family was being sent to prison from Gjakova to Prizeren, pricesely in the village Krushe e Madhe.
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Bajram Curri's family originated in Krasniqi, in the Highlands of Gjakova.
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At his birth, the Curri family was led to the Ottoman prison in Krushe e Madhe, Rahovec; his father Shaqir Aga had led a rebellion in Krasniq against the Ottomans due to heavy taxes and military recruitment, and had been interned by them.
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Shaqir Aga Bajram Curri was a trusted man of Abdullah Pasha Dreni of Gjakova, and apparently had become instrumental in tax-collection procedures and punishing expeditions of Pasha Dreni in the area.
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Bajram Curri aided Pasha Dreni during the Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha, and was killed in the skirmish by the forces of the League of Prizren.
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Whilst the present-day regions of Albania were under Ottoman control, Bajram Curri represented the interests of the Albanians.
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Between 1885 and 1886, he got into a feud with Riza Bey Gjakova that lasted for a decade and was only ended through an envoy sent by the sultan who conferred upon each man a military command and rank with Bajram Curri becoming a captain of the gendarmerie in Pristina.
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The repressive activities and broken promises of the Young Turks led Bajram Curri to resume militant activities against the Ottoman authorities.
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Bajram Curri had an active role in the Albanian Revolt of 1912, fighting alongside Hasan Prishtina, Isa Boletini, Themistokli Germenji and others against the Turks.
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Bajram Curri was one of the leaders in the Battle of Lume against the Serbian military, which delayed their expansion to Albania and secured the Albanian independence.
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Bajram Curri successfully fought in 1912 against the Young Turks.
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Bajram Curri was killed by his own friends so their lives could be spared by the zogist troops.