Halit Berzeshta

Halit Bey Bërzeshta (1840 – 1909) was an Ottoman Albanian military physician and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Halit Bej Berzeshta, 1840-1909

Biography

Bërzeshta was born in Bërzeshta, Vilayet of Monastir, Ottoman Albania (today Librazhd District, Albania) in 1840.
He was a member of the Secret Association of the Albanians of Monastir (Albanian: Organizata e Fshehtë e Shqiptareve të Manastirit),[1] the Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania, and one of the main Albanian activists in Monastir,[2][3] where he joined forces with Bajo Topulli supporting guerrilla fighting against the Ottoman government. He died in 1909.

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References
  1. Reshat Nexhipi. Shtypja dhe rezistenca shqiptare në Maqedoni nëpër shekuj. Manastir : [s.n.] p. 149. OCLC 78705393.
  2. Vebi Xhemaili (2013-11-14), Manastiri qender e levizjes kombetare shqiptare dhe reformat e Myrstagut [Monastir, center of Albanian national movement and Murstag Reforms] (in Albanian), zemrashqiptare.net, retrieved 2013-12-29, Në këtë kohë më aktivë në Lëvizjen Kombëtare Shqiptare në Manastir ishin: Halit Bërzeshta dhe Fehim Zavalani
  3. Kristaq Prifti (2002). Lidhja Shqiptare e Pejës : lëvizia kombëtare 1896-1900 [Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Inst. i Historisë]. Tirana: Botimet Toena. p. 177. ISBN 9789992716199.
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