Sali Butka

Sali Butka
Born
Sali Tahir Aliçka

1857 (1857)
Died24 October 1938(1938-10-24) (aged 80–81)[1]
Ersekë, Albania
Known forGuerilla against invaders in World War I; delegate of the Congress of Lushnjë; 1916 raid of Moscopole
ChildrenSafet Butka, Gani Butka and Iljaz Butka
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Sali Butka (1852 – 24 October 1938), was an Albanian nationalist figure, revolutionary kachak, poet, and one of the delegates of the city of Korçë to the Albanian National Congress of Lushnjë.[2][3] He was a well-known leader of an armed çeta band of Albanian fighters during the early 1900's.

  1. ^ Elsie, Robert (2013). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781780764313.
  2. ^ Grothusen Klaus Detlev. Südosteuropa-Handbuch: Albanien. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993. ISBN 978-3-525-36207-5, p. 666.
  3. ^ Nikolaeva Todorova Marii︠a︡. Balkan identities: nation and memory. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2004. ISBN 978-1-85065-715-6, pp. 108-109.

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