{"id":8212,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/ilaz-agushi\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:53:22","slug":"ilaz-agushi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/ilaz-agushi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilaz Agushi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ilaz<\/span> Agushi<\/span>, <\/span>activist<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>national<\/span> issue<\/span>, <\/span>anti-communist<\/span>, <\/span>was<\/span> killed<\/span> in Tirana. He <\/span>was<\/span> the <\/span>son<\/span> of<\/span> Xhemajl<\/span> Agushi<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in <\/span>Pristina<\/span>, in 1903. He <\/span>completed<\/span> his<\/span> primary<\/span> education<\/span> in <\/span>Pristina<\/span>, <\/span>while<\/span> he <\/span>graduated<\/span> from<\/span> the <\/span>College<\/span> of<\/span> Philosophical<\/span> Knowledge<\/span> in <\/span>Istanbul<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> employed<\/span> at the post <\/span>office<\/span> in <\/span>Istanbul<\/span>, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>started<\/span> his<\/span> national<\/span> political<\/span> activity<\/span>, <\/span>connecting<\/span> with<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> Committee<\/span> of<\/span> Istanbul<\/span> and<\/span> the “<\/span>National<\/span> Defense<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span>” <\/span>Committee<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>From the late 1920s and 1930s, Ilaz <\/span>Agushi<\/span> was entrusted with the administration of the <\/span>vakuf<\/span> of the Islamic Community of Pristina. In the second half of the 1930s, he became a member of the executive council of the Muslim Organization and director of the <\/span>vakuf<\/span> in Skopje.<\/span> <\/span>In 1938 he <\/span>was<\/span> elected<\/span> deputy<\/span> in the <\/span>Parliament<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Kingdom<\/span> of<\/span> Yugoslavia<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>district<\/span> of<\/span> Ferizaj. In 1941, he <\/span>contributed<\/span> to the <\/span>establishment<\/span> of<\/span> Albanian<\/span> leadership<\/span> in the <\/span>municipality<\/span> and<\/span> prefecture<\/span> of<\/span> Pristina<\/span>, as the <\/span>first<\/span> Albanian<\/span> prefect<\/span>. He <\/span>also<\/span> contributed<\/span> to the <\/span>opening<\/span> of<\/span> the “Sami <\/span>Frashëri<\/span>” <\/span>High<\/span> Sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span> in <\/span>Pristina<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> minister<\/span>, <\/span>Secretary<\/span> of<\/span> State<\/span> for<\/span> World<\/span> Affairs<\/span> in Tirana in <\/span>Mustafa<\/span> Kruja’s<\/span> cabinet<\/span> from<\/span> December<\/span> 3, 1941 to <\/span>September<\/span> 14, 1943. <\/span>For<\/span> the <\/span>reunification<\/span> and<\/span> protection<\/span> of<\/span> Rozhaja<\/span>, <\/span>Bi<\/span>ho<\/span>r<\/span>, <\/span>Sjenica<\/span> and<\/span> Novi-Pazar, <\/span>Ilaz<\/span> Agushi<\/span>, <\/span>with<\/span> family<\/span> expenses<\/span>, <\/span>recruited<\/span> and<\/span> armed<\/span> 6,000 <\/span>volunteers<\/span>. He <\/span>maintained<\/span> contacts<\/span> and<\/span> connections<\/span> with<\/span> Fadil <\/span>Ho<\/span>xha, <\/span>through<\/span> Hajdar<\/span> Dushi. There <\/span>was<\/span> a <\/span>secret<\/span> meeting<\/span> with<\/span> Fadil <\/span>Ho<\/span>xha in Ferizaj. <\/span>On<\/span> October<\/span> 28, 1943, an <\/span>assassination<\/span> attempt<\/span> was<\/span> organized<\/span> at <\/span>his<\/span> ho<\/span>me<\/span>. The <\/span>General<\/span> Headquarters<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Partisan<\/span> Aradhe <\/span>of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> took<\/span> responsibility<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>murder<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: <\/span>Ilaz<\/span> Agushi<\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> The <\/span>encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> – Vol. I <\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> and<\/span> Arts<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span>, Prishtina, 2018, page 15.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/sq.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iljaz<\/span>_<\/span>Agushi<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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