Abdullah Tahiri (September 2, 1956 – 1999) was an Albanian born in Malishevë, a village located in

Gjilan Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

. He was an

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n leader in the Kosovo Liberation Army.Abdullah Tahiri, is to save (from prison), that Kosovo will forgive life.
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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

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that took place on March 11, 1981, in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians an ...

. While many believed the protest to be spontaneous, it was in fact planned and organized by Gani Koci,

Bajram Kosumi Bajram Kosumi (born 20 March 1960, in Kosova, Kamenica , is a Kosovar politician who served as the third prime minister of Kosovo for nearly one year. He was nominated by Kosovan President Ibrahim Rugova and elected Prime Minister by the Kosovo ...

, and others. 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 Serbian influence. Tahiri was the OZK (Operative Zone of Karadak) founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the first commander of OZK Regulation (military force). He became a

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in the military force and Tahiri had been active in the leadership of the Union of Political Parties of Gjilan () that acted as a unique body. Tahiri was later jailed and sentenced to four years imprisonment.

Death

Tahiri's body lies in the cemetery of martyrs in Gjilan.^ 227 August is the day of the Gregorian calendar in 1998 - Imprisonment OZK (Kosovo)
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, date 21.05.2014

References

External links

NEWS Kosovapress, 20 MAJ 2010 15: 54, commemorated the first commander of the KLA in the Operative Zone of Karadak

A.Isufi, Komandant i ZOK-ut të UÇK: A. Tahiri commander of the KLA in the Operative Zone of Karadak
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tahiri, Abdullah 1956 births 1999 deaths Kosovan activists Kosovo Albanians Kosovo Liberation Army soldiers People from Gjilan