Hysni Curri

Hysni Curri
Born Yakova, Ottoman Empire
Died 1925
Vienna, Austria
Nationality Ottoman, Albanian
Other names Hysni Bey Curri
Occupation Military
Known for Kachak guerrillas
Committee of Kosovo

Hysni Curri (?–1925) was a Kosovar Albanian[1] military figure and a prominent leader of the Kachak movement and the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo.[2][3]

Life

Curri was the nephew and close collaborator of Bajram Curri, a well-known fighter and activist during the early 20th century. He was born in Yakova, Vilayet of Kosovo, Ottoman Empire. He had military background and would embrace the Albanian National Awakening movement. In 2–3 April 1910, he participated in the Second Congress of Manastir, which revised the situation of the Albanian language schools and publications under the newly imposed censure of the Young Turk government.[4][5] Curri was active during the Albanian uprisings of 1910, 1911, and 1912 and delegate in the Assembly of Junik of May 1912 where the official demands list of the Albanian rebels towards the Ottomans was drafted.[6] He led the Albanian army against the Ottomans on 7 August 1912 at Qafë Prush, which led to the Albanians entering Skopje, the center of the Vilayet, on 12 August 1912.

He was one of the co-founders of the short-lived Nationalist Party (Albanian: Partia Nacionaliste) created in Albania in 1914, together with Hil Mosi, Sabri Qyteza, Kostandin Boshnjaku, Ceno Sharra, etc.[7] Curri put himself in service of Prince Wied and defended Durrës from the Islamic Rebels during 1914. He was in charge of around 400 men.[8]

On 16 April 1917, he would participate as a representative of the Krasniqi tribe and Vice-Prefect of the Prefecture of Kosovo in the Albanian delegation of 33 people that visited Vienna, including Hasan Prishtina, Ahmet Zogu, and Dom Nikollë Kaçorri.[9]

Curri was very active during the years of the Committee of Kosovo. As a main member he was selected to represent the Committee in the Congress of Lushnje of 1920. Eshtref Frashëri was elected to represent the committee, while Hysni Curri and Xhemal Prishtina represented the Prefecture of Kosovo (Has-Tropojë) and the Irredentist Kosovo. Curri could not attend because he broke his arm the night before the event.[10]

In 1920, after the Congress of Lushnje, together with Bajram Curri he assisted the forces of Ahmet Zogu (then Minister of Interior) to get rid of Essadist supporters that had remained in central and north-eastern Albania.[11]

In the years to come, the coordination between the official Tirana politics with the Serbian one created an unfavorable situation for the Committee of Kosovo. The Ministry of Interior in Tirana[12] issued a note on 9 January 1923 to the Serbian authorities stating that "if the kachaks entered the neutral zone, the Serbian army could pursue them even there". On these conditions, Prishtina and Curri sought support from the Albanian Émigré in Italy and Austria, as well as from Italian and Austrian governments. On 27 August 1923, a group of 27 activists traveled down to Shëngjin, then by boat to Italy and later to Austria. Later, Hasan Prishtina would notify Bajram Curri via telegram for 20,000 rifles and 12 cannons which were promised to be delivered for the guerrillas.[11]

Curri died in Vienna in 1925. He was buried in Zentralfriedhof cemetery.[7][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bajram Curri, Burhan Çiraku, Muin Çami, Instituti i Historisë (1982), Bajram Curri, trajtesa e dokumente, Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH, Instituti i Historisë, p. 159, OCLC 21591761
  2. ↑ Aleks Buda (1985), Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar, Tirana: Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH, p. 499, OCLC 15296028
  3. ↑ Mujo Buçpapaj (1999), Kombi i tradhëtuar [The betrayed nation], Tirana, Al: Dardania, p. 19, ISBN 9789992761793
  4. ↑ Kongresi i Dytë i Manastirit (2-3 prill 1910) [Second Congress of Monastir] (in Albanian), shqiperia.com, retrieved 9 February 2014, Midis delegatëve ishin Dervish Hima, Fehim Zavalani, Petro Nini Luarasi, Hysni Curri, Ferit Ypi, Bedri Pejani, Qamil Shkupi, Gjergj Qiriazi, Bejtullah Gjilani, Themistokli Germenji, Tefik Panariti, Hajdar Blloshmi, Abdullah Efendiu (nga Struga), Qazim Iliaz Dibra, Rexhep Mitrovica, Xhafer Kolonja etj. Kryetar i Kongresit u zgjodh Bedri Pejani, ndërsa sekretarë Ferit Ypi dhe Petro Nini Luarasi.
  5. ↑ Petro Luarasi (2012-04-23), Skënder P. Luarasi për Kosovën: adhurim dhe detyrim i përjetshëm [Skender P. Luarasi for Kosovo: eternal worship and duty] (in Albanian), Revista Drini, retrieved 9 February 2014, Dhe më tregoi emrat: ”Zotni Dervish Hima dhe Bedri Peja, Qazim be Dibra, Hysni Curri, Ali Hajdari ” e kështu me rradhë.
  6. ↑ Masar Rizvanolli (2014-03-06), Zhvillimi i arsimit shqip në Gjakovë deri më 1918 [Ongoing of the Albanian education in Gjakova until 1918] (in Albanian), GjakovaPress online, Në Kuvendin e Junikut (21-25 maj 1912), në të cilin u miratua programi politik i Kryengritjës së Përgjithshme kundër sundimit osman,..., bashkë me përfaqësuesit e tjerë nga Gjakova si Riza beu, Ahmet beu, Murat Vokshi, Hysni Curri...
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    In the Assembly of Junik (21-25 May 1912), where the political program of the General Rebellion against the Ottomans was approved,..., together with others from Gjakova as Riza bey, Ahmet bey, Murat Vokshi, Hysni Curri...
  7. 1 2 Heral Saraçi (2012-09-29), Kush ishin drejtuesit e Partisë Nacionaliste [Who were the leaders of the Nationalist Party] (in Albanian), Gazeta Republika, retrieved 9 February 2014, Hysni Curri është nipi dhe bashkëpunëtori i Bajram Currit. Ai ishte me profesion ushtarak. Në vitin 1909 është anëtar i Kongresit të Manastirit për njësimin e alfabetit të gjuhës shqipe. Pjesëmarrës në kryengritjet e viteve 1910-1912 dhe në mbrojtjen e viseve shqiptare nga pushtuesit sllavë. Ai është organizator i forcave kosovare për mbrojtjen e qytetit të Durrësit nga rebelët. Anëtar i “Komitetit për mbrojtjen e Kosovës” në vitin 1919. Drejtues i operacioneve për asgjësimin e forcave të Esad pashës pas vrasjes së tij në Shqipërinë e Mesme. Pjesëmarrës në Revolucionin e Qershorit. Vdiq në Vjenë në vitin 1925.
  8. ↑ Ekrem Vlora (1973), Lebenserinnerungen: 1912 bis 1925, München Oldenbourg, p. 69, ISBN 9783486475715, OCLC 721750051
  9. ↑ Leo Freundlich (1917), An Albanian Delegation Pays Homage to the Emperor in Vienna, Robert Elsie, Krasniqi by the well-known chieftain and sub-prefect Hysni Bey Curri
  10. ↑ Sejfi Vllamasi (2000), "VI", in Marenglen Verli, Ballafaqime politike në Shqipëri (1897-1942): kujtime dhe vlerësime historike, Shtëpia Botuese "Neraida", ISBN 9992771313, Pra, Komiteti nga ana e tij delegon Eshtref Frashërin për ta përfaqësuar në Kongres dhe, nga ana tjetër, për ta përfaqësuar prefekturën e Kosovës dhe Kosovën irredente, zgjodhi dy delegatë të tjerë, Hysni Currin dhe Xhemal bej Prishtinën, dy tipa me karakter të ndryshëm.
    Mustafa Kruja në Durrës e bindi Hysni Currin, i cili ka patur një karakter të lëkundshëm, që të shkojë në Krujë në vend që të shkonte në Lushnjë, ku ish deleguar. Por H. Curri, para se të niset, dehet atë natë, rrëzohet prej shkallëve dhe thyen dorën. Kështu komedia merr fund jo me dëm të madh.
  11. 1 2 3 Hazir Mehmeti (7 May 2013), Hysni Curri, zëri që thërret prehjen në Atdhe [Hysni Curri, the voice that calls to repose in the homeland] (in Albanian), AlbanianPress, retrieved 9 February 2014
  12. ↑ Bushi, Ilir (12 May 2012), Kryeministrat shqiptarë gjatë 100 vjetëve të prirur për atentate, pabesi dhe goditje pas shpine [Albanian prime-ministers through 100 years, fond of assassination attempts, infidelity, and backstabbing] (in Albanian), Revista Drini, retrieved 1 February 2014
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