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Ihsan bey <\/span>T<\/span>op<\/span>t<\/span>ani was born in <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, <\/span>t<\/span>he son of Abdi bey <\/span>T<\/span>op<\/span>t<\/span>ani, a signa<\/span>t<\/span>ory of <\/span>t<\/span>he Declara<\/span>t<\/span>ion of Independence and Minis<\/span>t<\/span>er of Finance in Ismail <\/span>Qemali’s<\/span> Provisional Governmen<\/span>t<\/span> in 1912. He received his educa<\/span>t<\/span>ion in Graz, Aus<\/span>t<\/span>ria, a<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ending high school f<\/span>rom 1920 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1928 and comple<\/span>t<\/span>ing his doc<\/span>t<\/span>ora<\/span>t<\/span>e in poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical science in 1940. <\/span>T<\/span>op<\/span>t<\/span>ani re<\/span>t<\/span>urned <\/span>t<\/span>o Albania in 1942 and played a significan<\/span>t<\/span> role in effor<\/span>t<\/span>s <\/span>t<\/span>o unify various resis<\/span>t<\/span>ance movemen<\/span>t<\/span>s during <\/span>t<\/span>he I<\/span>t<\/span>alian and German occupa<\/span>t<\/span>ion, al<\/span>t<\/span>hough <\/span>t<\/span>hese effor<\/span>t<\/span>s <\/span>ul<\/span>t<\/span>ima<\/span>t<\/span>ely proved<\/span> unsuccessful. In Oc<\/span>t<\/span>ober 1944, he fled <\/span>t<\/span>o I<\/span>t<\/span>aly wi<\/span>t<\/span>h Abaz Kupi and began working for “Newsweek” in Rome. In 1949, he joined Bri<\/span>t<\/span>ish agen<\/span>t<\/span> David Smiley in Mal<\/span>t<\/span>a, where he <\/span>assis<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>raining an<\/span>t<\/span>i-communis<\/span>t<\/span> agen<\/span>t<\/span>s <\/span>t<\/span>o infil<\/span>t<\/span>ra<\/span>t<\/span>e Albania. <\/span>T<\/span>o<\/span>p<\/span>t<\/span>ani la<\/span>t<\/span>er worked in Paris before moving <\/span>t<\/span>o England, where he con<\/span>t<\/span>ribu<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he BBC’s moni<\/span>t<\/span>oring service and ob<\/span>t<\/span>ained Bri<\/span>t<\/span>ish ci<\/span>t<\/span>izenship in 1958. He re<\/span>t<\/span>ired in 1967 <\/span>t<\/span>o a coun<\/span>t<\/span>ry house in Surrey and passed away in London in 2001. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Ihsan bey<\/span> T<\/span>op<\/span>t<\/span>ani)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>Rober<\/span>t<\/span> Elsie, <\/span><\/span>His<\/span>t<\/span>orical Dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary of <\/span>Albania <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Second Edi<\/span>t<\/span>ion, London, “<\/span>T<\/span>he Scarecrow Press, Inc.”, 2010, pages 448-449.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span>T<\/span>op<\/span>t<\/span>ani Family<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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