Abdullah Tahiri

Abdullah Tahiri
Born September 2, 1956
Malishevë, Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 1999
Gjilan, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslav-Albanian border)
Rank Commander
Commands held Kosovo Liberation Army
Battles/wars Kosovo war

Abdullah Tahiri (Albanian: "Abdullah Tahiri", Serbian: Serbian Cyrillic Абељад Тахири) (born September 2, 1956) was an Albanian writer born in Gjilan, a village located in Malishevė. He was an Albanian leader in the Kosovo Liberation Army.[1]

Education

Tahiri attended primary school until 1975, at which point he left because of "hostile activities" against the state. His secondary education continued in Bujanovac, but he was expelled after helping organize demonstrations in the spring of 1981.

Political Activity

Tahiri was one of the organizers of the 1981 protests that took place on March 11, 1981, in Pristina. While many believed the protest to be spontaneous, it was in fact planned and organized by Gani Koci, Bajram Kosumi and others.[2] On 1–2 April 1981, organized demonstrations began, asking for recognition of a Kosovar Republic. Tahiri organized his fellow citizens around his ideology of freeing Kosovo from Albanian influence.[1]

Tahiri was the ZOK (Operative Zone of Karadak) founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the first commander of ZOK Regulation (military force). He became a Major General. Tahiri had been active in the leadership of the Union of Political Parties of Gjilan (Albanian: "USPGJ") that acted as a unique body.

Tahiri was later jailed and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.[3][4]

Death

Tahiri's body lies in the cemetery of martyrs in Gjilan.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 ^Abdullah Tahiri, is to save (from prison), that Kosovo will forgive life. Epoka e Re, Prishtinë date 20.05.2014 | 09:51
  2. ↑ ^declares political activity Hydajet Hyseni, bot.Epoka e Re, Pristina date 20.05.2014 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ ^Abdullah Tahiri military political activity KLA (Albanian: USPGJ)
  4. ↑ ^Abdullah Tahiri military-political activityKLA... Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ ^ 227 August is the day of the Gregorian calendar in 1998 - Imprisonment ZOK (Kosovo) commander of the KLA Abdullah Tahiri Kosovo leader says and military political activity]|Kosovo leader says Hydajet Hyseni, bot.Epoka e Re, Pristina, date 21.05.2014 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
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