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In Barbullush, Shkodra, <\/span>Ismail<\/span> Nikoçi<\/span>, a <\/span>fighter<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>defense<\/span> of<\/span> Albanian<\/span> lands<\/span> and<\/span> a participant in the <\/span>movement<\/span> for<\/span> liberation<\/span> and<\/span> national<\/span> unification<\/span> in the <\/span>northern<\/span> Albanian<\/span> territories<\/span> occupied<\/span> by <\/span>Montenegro<\/span> and<\/span> Serbia, <\/span>was<\/span> killed<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in Guci, in 1876. <\/span>His<\/span> father<\/span> was<\/span> a <\/span>close<\/span> associate<\/span> of<\/span> Ali<\/span> Pasha Guci. He <\/span>was<\/span> educated<\/span> in Pej<\/span>e<\/span> and<\/span> Thessaloniki<\/span>, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>also<\/span> graduated<\/span>. <\/span>For<\/span> his<\/span> anti-Ottoman<\/span> stance<\/span>, he <\/span>was<\/span> arrested<\/span> and<\/span> exiled<\/span> twice<\/span> in 1906 <\/span>and<\/span> 1909. In 1912 he <\/span>fought<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>defense<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> province <\/span>from<\/span> the <\/span>Montenegrins<\/span>. <\/span>Then<\/span>, <\/span>during<\/span> the <\/span>years<\/span> 1912-1913 <\/span>and<\/span> 1914, he <\/span>worked<\/span> alongside<\/span> Isa <\/span>Boletini<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> patriots<\/span> in Vlora <\/span>and<\/span> Durrës. He <\/span>was<\/span> arrested<\/span> by the <\/span>Montenegrins<\/span> in Shkodër <\/span>and<\/span> imprisoned<\/span>. In the <\/span>years<\/span> 1916-1917 he <\/span>led<\/span> the <\/span>municipality<\/span> of<\/span> Guci, <\/span>doing<\/span> a <\/span>good<\/span> job<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>introduction<\/span> of<\/span> Albanians<\/span> in the <\/span>local<\/span> administration<\/span> and<\/span> the <\/span>opening<\/span> of<\/span> Albanian<\/span> sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ols<\/span>. He <\/span>spent<\/span> the <\/span>years<\/span> 1917-1918 in <\/span>exile<\/span> in Austria. He <\/span>had<\/span> a central role in the <\/span>resistance<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>population<\/span> of<\/span> Guci <\/span>against<\/span> the <\/span>Serbian-Montenegro<\/span> reoccupation<\/span> in the <\/span>period<\/span> November<\/span> 1918-February 1919, <\/span>alongside<\/span> Hasan<\/span> Ferri. <\/span>Ismail<\/span> Nikoçi<\/span> was<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>main<\/span> leaders<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>branch<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Committee<\/span> “<\/span>National<\/span> Defense<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span>” <\/span>for<\/span> the province <\/span>of<\/span> Plavë-Gucia. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: <\/span>Ismail<\/span> Nikoçi<\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>Marenglen<\/span> Verli<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>101 <\/span>profiles<\/span> from<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> for<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> <\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>, “<\/span>Adel-co<\/span>“, Tirana, 2017, page 591.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span>Verli<\/span> M., personal <\/span>archive<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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