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- ↑ "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. ISBN 99927-1-623-1
- ↑ Kristo Frashëri (2008). Shpallja e pavarësisë së Shqipërisë: 28 Nëntor 1912. Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë. p. 165. ISBN 978-99956-10-14-2.
...Ismail Beu nga Gramshi e nga Tomorrica
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