Halit Berzeshta

Halit Bey Bërzeshta (1840 – 1909) was an Ottoman Albanian military physician and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Halit Bej Berzeshta, 1840-1909

Biography

Bërzeshta was born in Bërzeshta, Vilayet of Monastir, Ottoman Albania (today Librazhd District, Albania) in 1840.
He was a member of the Secret Association of the Albanians of Monastir (Albanian: Organizata e Fshehtë e Shqiptareve të Manastirit),[1] the Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania, and one of the main Albanian activists in Monastir,[2][3] where he joined forces with Bajo Topulli supporting guerrilla fighting against the Ottoman government. He died in 1909.

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