Aqif Pasha Elbasani

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Essad Pasha Toptani, Gani Toptani, Nejre Toptani, Sabushe Toptani, Merushe Toptani (maternal first cousins), Qemal Karaosmani (Cousin)
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Aqif Pasha Biçaku mostly known as Aqif Pashë Elbasani (1860 – 10 February 1926) was an Ottoman Albanian political figure in the Sanjak of Elbasan and after the Young Turk Revolution became an activist for the Albanian national cause.

Life

Aqif Pasha was born in 1860 ,

Bosniak surname Bičakčić). In his first school years he was taught privately and afterwards he was educated in Istanbul.[3]

He was an activist of the

Prince William of Wied.[5]

After the triumph of the

Sotir Peçi, Eshref Frashëri, Ali Shefqet Shkupi, etc.[7] The committee was a precursor of the later Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo
.

Following the

Austro-Hungarian offensive, Montenegro capitulated and Biçakçiu and other were set free. As a pro-Austrian he propagandized between Albanians not to oppose the Austrian armies.[8] Biçakçiu took part in an unsuccessful congress in his native Elbasan in 1916 to restore Albanian independence, in cooperation with the Austrian authorities, specifically August Ritter von Kral
. Biçakçiu aimed at restoring the Prince Wied and the Principality of Albania. The same Austrian authorities would prohibit such an event.

In this condition, he resigned from any political duty.

Treaty of London, 1913 as a sign of "neutrality" of the Albania state. At the same time, the telegram positioned him against the pro-Italian spirit of the Durrës Congress which characterized most of the participants.[11][12][13]

Statue of Aqif Pasha in Elbasan

In 1920, he chaired the

coup d’état in December 1921 and was later relieved of his duties on the High Council by Zogu.[5]

In 1923–1924, Biçaku represented Korça in the

June Revolution in December 1924 and fall of the Noli government, he went into exile.[5] Sejfi Vllamasi, another political refugee in Vienna would describe him as a "great patriot, but stubborn and insistent till the end".[14]

He married Ifete Hanëm Vrioni of the

Communist authorities after World War II
.

In 1962, he was given the "Order for Patriotic Activity of Second Class" by the

Albanian government.[15]

After the fall of communism in Albania, a statue of him was placed in a plaza of Elbasan.

See also

Further

  • Pavarësia e Elbasanit 1912 : (35 firmëtarët) [Independence of Elbasan 1912: (35 signatories)], Hyqmet Kotherja, Tirana, Shtëpi Botimi "2 Lindje, 2 Perëndime", 2012,
    ISBN 9789995606503

References

  1. ISBN 99927-780-6-7
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  2. ISBN 99943-34-47-6
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  3. ISBN 9789994356225
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  4. OCLC 15296028{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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    ISBN 978-0810861886
  6. ^ Kristo Luarasi, ed. (21 January 1915), "Në Shkodër" [In Scuttari], Liri i Shqipërisë, Sofia: 1
  7. OCLC 158371855
  8. ISBN 9789995610043
  9. ^ Nosi 2007, pp. 188–189.
  10. OCLC 29020978
  11. OCLC 16130971
  12. ^ Turhan Pashë Përmeti, Shqipëria përballë Konferencës së Paqes Paris 1919: dokumenta zyrtane të paraqitura nga ana e Dërgates Shqiptare, qysh prej 12 Shkurtit e deri më 5 Qershor 1919, e të botuara nga ana e Qeverisë së Përkohshme (1 ed.), Rome, pp. 7–8
  13. OCLC 19553077
  14. OCLC 37228559
  15. OCLC 30942094
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