Elez Isufi

Elez Isufi
Birth name	Elez Isuf Ndreu
Nickname(s)	Arusha e Malit Albanian for "The bear of the highland"
Born	1861 Sllova, Debre, Scutari Vilayet
Died	December 1924 (aged 63) Peshkopi, Albania
Allegiance	Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo

Elez Isufi (1861 – December 1924) was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter.

Eliz Isufi was born in the village of Sllova in the Dibra region. He and his guerrilla band resisted Serb forces in 1912. A close ally of Bajram Curri, Isufi led an uprising in Dibra on 15 August 1921 to free the region from Serb forces. The fighting continued up to December 1921.

He was involved in a further uprising on 1 March 1922 against the regime of Ahmet Zogu, and his Dibran fighters were able to cross the mountains and advanced to Tirana. They reached the northeastern neighborhoods of the capital, went into skirmish with the government forces led by Prenk Pervizi and withdrew only after the intervention of British diplomat Harry Eyres. They were first given death sentence by the military court and later received amnesty.

He took the side of Fan Noli during the Democratic Revolution and was killed by Yugoslav troops at the end of 1924 during the insurgence for overthrowing Nolis' government.

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