Isa Boletini

Commander Isa Boletini
Boletini c. 1914
Born	(1864-01-15)15 January 1864 Boletin, Sanjak of Viçitrina, Ottoman Empire (now Zveçan, Kosovo)
Died	24 January 1916(1916-01-24) (aged 52) Podgorica, Kingdom of Montenegro
Allegiance	League of Prizren (1878–1891) Albania (1912–1914)
Branch	Albanian guerrillas
Years of service	1881–1916
Rank	General
Battles / wars	Battle of Slivova Albanian Revolt (1910) Battle of Carraleva Pass Albanian revolt of 1911 Albanian Revolt (1912) Capture of Üskup Balkan Wars Ohrid–Debar Uprising Peasant Revolt World War I †
Awards	Hero of the People Order of the Black Eagle
Children	7 sons one being Mustafa Boletini

Isa Boletini (Albanian: [isa bolɛˈtini]; 15 January 1864 – 23 or 24 January 1916) was an Albanian revolutionary commander and politician and rilindas from Kosovo.

As a young man, he joined the Albanian nationalist League of Prizren and participated in a battle against Ottoman forces. After this, he built a power base in the Mitrovica area. In 1909, he and other Kosovo Albanian chieftains, revolted against the Turks imposition of taxes on Muslims.^[1] Next, he took an important role in the 1910 revolt against Ottoman rule, the Albanian revolt of 1912, then fought against the Montenegrin and Serbian armies in Kosovo. He participated in the Albanian Declaration of Independence in Vlorë (November 1912) and was then assigned as a diplomatic agent to the British (1913), and bodyguard of Prince Wilhelm of Albania (1914). He was killed during a shoot-out in Podgorica under unclear circumstances in January 1916.