Musa Qazimi

Musa Qazimi
Born1864
Tirana, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania)
Died7 July 1917(1917-07-07) (aged 52–53)
Tirana, Albania
NationalityOttoman - Albanian
Occupation(s)teacher, mufti, politician
Known forPeasant Revolt in Albania

Musa Qazimi was an Albanian politician and rebel.[1] A Turcophile mufti, he was first the mayor (1904-1908), then the mufti (1908-1913), and finally the prefect of Tirana (1913-1914). In the turbulent period after the Albanian declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire, he was first a supporter of the Young Turks, then of Essad Pasha. After he broke with Essad Pasha, he defected and became a leader in the sectarian, reactionary[2] and clerically tinged pro-Ottoman revolt against the new Albanian state's authorities. While the official head of the movement was Haxhi Qamili and the head of its armed forces was Mustafa Ndroqi, Qazimi has been considered to be the ideological inspiration of the movement.,[1] and the "real leader" of the uprising.[3] After the revolt was shattered by a makeshift alliance consisting of Mirdita Catholics, local resistance, Kosovar Albanians led by Isa Boletini and some foreign volunteers mainly from Romania, he was found guilty of orchestrating the slaughter that occurred during his revolt against supporters of the Albanian national movement as well as Bektashis and Christians, and he was executed on July 7, 1915.[4]

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  3. ^ Abas Ermenji (January 14, 2018). "LEVIZJA DUMBABISTE (TURKOMANE) E MUSA QAZIMI, LEVIZJE ANTISHQIPTARE (1914)". Vendi që zë Skënderbeu në historinë e Shqipërisë. Çabej. p. 369. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
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