Hasan Moglica
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Hasan Sulë Shermeti Moglica 1854 Moglicë, Ottoman Empire (1385-1912) (before Ottomen Empire; today Albania) |
| Died | 15 June 1915 |
| Occupation | Scholar, educator, leader, engineer, philosopher, patriot, nationalist figure and the martyr of Albanian language and nation |
Hasan Moglica (1854–1915 — execution method: buried alive), commonly referred as Hoxhë Moglica (Teacher Moglica), was an Albanian — scholar, educator, leader, engineer, philosopher, patriot, nationalist figure and proclaimed as "martyr of Albanian language and nation" by the Albanian government.
He was born Hasan Sulë Shermeti Moglica, in Moglicë village of Okshtun highland, part of lower Diber County, today's Albania, back then part of the Sanjak of Dibra of the Ottoman Empire. His family had migrated in the area from Debar, the administrative center of that time. His father was a construction master and would take Hasan with him at a young age. Beside helping his father, he registered in the local schools. First, he attended the meytep (elementary religious school) in Peqin, and considering his results and the will of learning his father registered him in the Madrasa of Elbasan. There he learned the Turkish, old Ottoman, and Persian language. After finishing the madrasa, he went to Istanbul where he studied theology and engineering. Upon his return home after the studies, he started working an imam of the local mosque. He was also involved in local engineering works, as drainage systems, watermills, etc.
Inspired by the National Awakening movement, Moglica was deeply involved in the attempts of spreading the Albanian education. He was a delegate of Gollobordë region in the League of Prizren of June 1878. Moglica was one of the organizers and main participants of several meetings which the Dibra branch of the League held during the autumn of 1878, 14 October, 1 November, and most important the one of 20 October, known as Meeting of Dibra, Albanian: Kuvendi i Dibrës, in the Albanian historiography. Here the local leaders would decide the specifics of implementing the League's decision. The meeting protested once again against the decision of the Congress of Berlin, and demanded the unification of all Albanian sanjaks into a single vilayet. Even after the suppression of the League, he continued his activities in the areas around Debar, Elbasan, and Gollobordë. He had his own cheta of guerrillas. He would be appointed as müderris (religious teacher) in Gollobordë.
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