Ded Gjo Luli

Gjon Luli Dedë Dedvukaj (* 1840 in Traboin (now Podgorica, Montenegro ); † September 24, 1915 in Orosh (Albania) ), known as Dedë gjo ' Luli, was a leading commander of the Albanian revolt against the Ottomans by 1911.

Life

Origin and previous years

Gjon Luli Dedë was in Traboin, in Albanian inhabited part ( Malësia ) of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro, was born. He belonged to the tribe of Hoti and was Roman Catholic.

He took part in the League of Prizren. In August 1878, the Congress of Berlin ordered a border resolution between the Ottoman and Montenegrin Empire, the Albanians successfully defended their territories to plave - Guci, while other areas, such as Ulqin to Montenegro went. Gjon Luli Dedë took part in the year 1879-1880 the resistance of plave - Guci.

Uprising

Gjon Luli Dedë took part in the revolt against the Ottomans the Malësoren 1911. He was commander of the Albanian Armed Forces. The Albanians of King Nikola of Montenegro were supported. The headquarters of the insurgents was Podgorica, where they offered King Nikola refuge and finally gave weapons.

The Malësoren were 8000 men together against the Ottomans, which King Nikola distributed everywhere at the borders to attack Ottoman divisions. On April 6, 1911, a battle took place near the town of Tuzi in a place called Deçiq. There, the Albanian insurgents with about 3,000 men, defeated the 30,000 -strong Ottoman Division under the leadership of Turgut Pasha Shefqet. As a result, the Albanian flag was after 442 years of Ottoman rule hoisted for the first time ( since the fall of Shkoder in 1479 ).

On September 24, 1915 Gjon Luli Dedë died in Orosh in the Mirdita during a battle against an Ottoman contingent.

Swell

• Http://www.dedgjoluli.org/dedegjoluli.php ( Albanian)

• Insurgent
• Historical person ( South East Europe)
• Albanian
• Born in 1840
• Died in 1915
• Man