Hoxhë Zyber Hallulli was an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n mufti and politician. He served as mayor of Tirana from 1913 through 1914. He was the co-founder of the first public orphanage in Albania.

Life

Hallulli was born in Tirana,

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, in 1842. He took the first studies in his home town, finishing the "Ruzhdie" high school. After that he went to

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where he graduated in

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and

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. Together with

Rauf Fico Abdurrauf Fico (1881–1944), also known as Rauf Fitso Bey was an Albanian ambassador and politician. Early life Rauf Fico was born in Sanaa, to Tahmaz Fico of the Fico family of Gjirokastër and Hava Buzo from Berat. After finishing high scho ...

, Mytesim Këlliçi, Luigj Shala and Xhelal Toptani he co-founded ''Streha Vorfnore'', the

's first public orphanage, on November 28, 1917, the fifth anniversary of the

Albanian Declaration of Independence The Albanian Declaration of Independence ( Albanian: ''Deklarata e Pavarësisë'') was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six days later the Assem ...

. The initiators involved a commission of benefactors from the rich families and merchants of the town. The orphanage is still the main one in Albania and is named after him: ''Shtëpia e Fëmijëve "Zyber Hallulli"'' (English: ''Children House "Zyber Hallulli"''). Hallulli supported the

, the government and outcome of the

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, and the

June Revolution The history of Albania forms a part of the history of Europe. During classical antiquity, Albania was home to several Illyrian tribes such as the Ardiaei, Albanoi, Amantini, Enchele, Taulantii and many others, but also Thracian and Greek tribes ...

. He died in 1927.

References

1842 births 1927 deaths Mayors of Tirana Albanian imams People from Scutari vilayet {{Albania-mayor-stub