Bajo Topulli

Bajo Topulli
Bajo Topulli in a rare photo
Born	1868 Gjirokastër, Albania (then Ottoman Empire)
Died	1930 (aged 52)
Occupation	kachak, rilindas
Ethnicity	Albanian
Literary movement	Albanian National Revival

Bajo Topulli (1868–1930) was an Albanian freedom fighter. While he was a director in the Ottoman Secondary school in Monastir^[1] he founded in 1905 the "Committee for the liberation of Albania" in Korçë and led the first Albanian army against the Turkish Ottoman Empire after Skanderbeg's army and the League of Prizren's army.^[2] Bajo Topulli was the older brother of Çerçiz Topulli.

References

^ The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present By Edwin E. Jacques page 262 [1]
^ Historical dictionary of Albania By Robert Elsie page 418

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Name	Topulli, Bajo
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Date of birth	1868
Place of birth	Gjirokastër, Albania (then Ottoman Empire)
Date of death	1930
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