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Albanian politician
Mehmet Ali Vrioni was an
Albanian politician and the vice president of the
League of Prizren.
Mehmet Ali Bey was from the famous landowning bey family of
Berat named
Vrioni.
[1]
In 1877 he became one of the founders of the
Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights. It was founded in
Istanbul in 1877, with the view of obtaining some autonomy for the
Albanians in the
Ottoman Empire.
[2] He was also a founding member of the
Committee of Janina which took place in the same year.
[3]
[4] In 1879 he and
Abdyl Frashëri left
Preveza,
[5] and traveled to
Paris,
Rome,
Vienna and
Berlin to seek support for the Albanian cause and submit a memorandum of Albanian demands to the Great Powers.
[6]
[7] This was the most important effort to promote the rights of the Albanian nation during this period.
[8]
[9]
He had Three wives throughout his life, with Hysinje Vokopola (who was from the village of
Vokopole, and the relative of
Ferid Vokopola) he fathered his only son
Ilias Vrioni. His third wife was a
Circassian from
Tuapse and her sister Behixhe Hamza is the mother of
Mufid Libohova.
[10] His grandson is
Jusuf Vrioni. He and his family spoke the
Albanian language in the
Tosk dialect.
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^ Herzog, Christoph; Sharif, Malek (2010).
The First Ottoman Experiment in Democracy. Ergon in Kommission. p. 165.
ISBN
978-3-89913-745-3.
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^ Elsie, Robert (2010).
Historical Dictionary of Albania. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 78.
ISBN
978-0-8108-6188-6.
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^ Marku, Ndue Gjon.
Mirdita House of Gjomarku Kanun. Lulu.com. p. 43.
ISBN
978-1-365-69816-3.
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^ Trencsenyi, Balazs; Ersoy, Ahmet; Trencsényi, Balázs; Kopeček, Michal; Górny, Maciej; Kechriotis, Vangelis (2006-06-15).
Late Enlightenment: Emergence of modern national ides. Central European University Press. p. 348.
ISBN
978-963-7326-52-3.
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^ Hemming, Andreas; Kera, Gentiana; Pandelejmoni, Enriketa (2012).
Albania: Family, Society and Culture in the 20th Century. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 193.
ISBN
978-3-643-50144-8.
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^ Elsie, Robert (2004).
Historical Dictionary of Kosova. Scarecrow Press. p. 61.
ISBN
978-0-8108-5309-6.
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^ Michelson, Paul E.; Bodea, Cornelia; Treptow, Kurt W. (2002).
National Development in Romania and Southeastern Europe: Papers in Honor of Cornelia Bodea. Center for Romanian Studies. p. 46.
ISBN
978-973-9432-37-5.
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^
The Ukrainian Quarterly. Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. 1992. p. 463.
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^ Michelson, Paul E.; Bodea, Cornelia; Treptow, Kurt W. (2002).
National Development in Romania and Southeastern Europe: Papers in Honor of Cornelia Bodea. Center for Romanian Studies. p. 63.
ISBN
978-973-9432-37-5.
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^ Page 164, Christoph Herzog and Malik Sharif.
"The first Ottoman experiment in democracy" (PDF). nomos-elibrary.de.
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