Mehmet Pashë Derralla was one of the signatories of the

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."History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science.ISBN 99927-1-623-1 Mehmet Pashë Derralla was the Minister of War in the

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. He was born in Gradec, Kalkandelen (present day

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(present-day

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); and is the son of Hasan Deralla.

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