Halit Bey Bërzeshta (1840 – 1909) was an Ottoman

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military physician and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Biography

Bërzeshta was born in Bërzeshta, Vilayet of Monastir, Ottoman Albania (today

Librazhd District Librazhd District ( sq, Rrethi i Librazhdit) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 72,520 in 2001, and an area of . It was formed as an administ ...

, Albania) in 1840.
He was a member of the

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( sq, Organizata e Fshehtë e Shqiptareve të Manastirit), the

Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania The Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania ( sq, Komiteti i fshehtë për lirinë e Shqipërisë) was a secret committee founded in Manastir (modern day Bitola) by Bajo Topulli and other Albanian nationalists in November 1905 to fight for t ...

, and one of the main Albanian activists in Monastir, where he joined forces with Bajo Topulli supporting guerrilla fighting against the Ottoman government. He died in 1909.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berzeshta, Halit 1840 births 1909 deaths People from Librazhd 19th-century Albanian military personnel 20th-century Albanian military personnel Activists of the Albanian National Awakening Albanians from the Ottoman Empire People from Manastir vilayet