14 Facts About Jakup Ferri

Jakup Ferri was distinguished in the Battle of Novsice, where he died.

Jakup Ferri was born in 1832 to an ethnic Albanian family in Plav.

Jakup Ferri had three brothers Zeqo, Shaqir and Beqir, who died in the battle of Novsice.

At the age of 25, Jakup Ferri was married to Pemba, a cousin of Ali Pasha of Gusinje.

Jakup Ferri committed suicide in Shkoder in 1945 at the eve of his extradition to Yugoslavia, where he was to be tried for war crimes.

In 1979, in the 100th anniversary of the creation the League of Prizren with the personal intervention of Mehmet Shehu, Jakup Ferri was excluded from the list of those who were honored as "Heroes of the Nation".

Jakup Ferri was an active insurgent against the Montenegrin annexation of Plav and Gusinje after 1878.

Jakup Ferri joined the League of Prizren, established after the Congress of Berlin that ceded Plav and Gusinje to Montenegro.

Jakup Ferri was responsible in the region for the organization of the war effort and its resources.

Jakup Ferri commanded his forces in the retreat from the Montenegrin assaults and managed to cut off the Montenegrins when they counter-attacked.

Jakup Ferri fell at the beginning of the Battle of Novsice, which ended in a victory for the League.

On 4 January 1880, Jakup Ferri would be wounded in the battle on the banks of the Lim - which was part of the greater Battle of Nokshiq.

Jakup Ferri was found standing against the wall of a mountain with 7 wounds and 30 heads surrounding him that he had cut off of the enemy soldiers.

In literature, Jakup Ferri is a central character in Gjergj Fishta's The Highland Lute in the chapters about the defense of Plav against Montenegro.