Abedin Dino
| Abedin (Bey) Dino | |
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| Born |
April 5, 1843 Preveza, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 9 May 1906 (aged 63) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire) |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Known for | contributor in the Albanian independence |
Abedin bej Dino (April 5, 1843, in Preveza – May 9, 1906, in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire) was a Albanian patriot, politician, ideologue, diplomat, rilindas, and one of the founders of the Albanian League of Prizren, as well its chief representative for Epirus (1878). He was one of the main promoters in the need for the creation of the Autonomous Albanian Vilayet under the Ottoman suzerainty, and later a contributor in the Albanian independence.
He was born in Preveza on March 23, 1843 to one of the most notable and noble families of the city (the Dino family). His father Ahmed Dino Bey (1785–1849) was an Albanian military leader and politician. He studied in the Zosimaia School and the University of Paris. In 1876 he became one of the legislators of Kanûn-ı Esâsî, the first constitution of the Ottoman Empire.
in 1878, he was appointed as the chief representative of the League of Prizren for Chameria. Together with Abdyl Frasheri, Vesel Dino and Mehmet Ali Vrioni he established the local League branches of Albanian Committee of Janina and Assembly of Preveza From June 10, 1880 to April 1881, he was briefly the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire, by having this task he was successful to prevent and did much pressure against the annexation of territories considered by the Albanian nationalists as part of Albania, to both Greece and Montenegro. He became a wāli (governor) of Aden and from 1904 Vizier (minister) in Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha (who was of Albanian origin, too) government.
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