Kryeziu is an Albanian surname.
Baig, also commonly spelled Beigh,Beg, Bek, Bey, Baeg or Begh was a title which is today used as a name to identify lineage. It means Chief or Commander and is common in Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia and Southeastern Europe and among their respective diaspora.
Selman Stërmasi was an Albanian football player and coach who was an instrumental figure in the early history of KF Tirana. He is generally considered to be one of the club's greatest figures and KF Tirana along with the Albanian Football Association honoured him in 1990 by renaming the Dinamo Stadium to the Selman Stërmasi Stadium.
Abedin is an Arabic name and surname ʿĀbidīn عابدين). There are also the variant Abideen and the shortened form Abdeen. Abedin means worshipping or worshippers.
Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda was a Turkish civil servant and politician of Tosk Albanian descent.
Tati Essad Murad Kryeziu, Prince of Kosova was the heir presumptive to the throne of Albania from the creation of monarchy, under King Zog I, on 1 September 1928 prior to the birth of Crown Prince Leka on 5 April 1939.
Bölükbaşı is a Turkish given name for males and a surname. The Albanian variant is Bylykbashi. Notable people with the surname include:
Riza Kryeziu (1847-1917), known as Riza Bey Gjakova, was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerrilla fighter, an influential bey in the Gjakova region, then part of the Vilayet of Kosovo, Ottoman Empire, and one of the activists of Albanian national movements of early 20th century.
Llazar (Zai) Fundo was an Albanian Communist, later social-democratic journalist and writer. He was a former member of the Comintern and the Balkan Communist Federation. He was associated with the Fan S. Noli government in 1924 and became the leader of the Bashkimi organization after the death of Avni Rustemi in 1924. In 1928 he helped establish the Korçë Communist Group. In the fierce rivalry for power control within the Communist Party, he was branded a Trotskyist and purged from the party.
Vrioni is a surname. The Vrioni family is an Albanian family from Vrioni of Berat which was one of the biggest landowners in Albania, most of their lands being in the area around Berat and in the Myzeqe region. They served for several generations as beys of Berat and also held important functions in the Ottoman administration. They are distinguished record in the service of the powerful independent Albanian Pasha in Balkans Ali Pasha Tepelena, in battles in Egypt against Napoleon, and during the Greek War of Independence.
Koçi is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ceno Kryeziu (1895–1927), also known as Ceno beg Jakova, was an Albanian political figure of the 1910s, 1920s. He was a member of the notable Kryeziu family from Gjakova, known to be trusted by Yugoslavian authorities inside Albanian political circles.
Gani Bey Kryeziu was a Kosovo Albanian anti-communist resistance fighter.
Said Bey Kryeziu, also known as Seit Bey or Seit Beg, was a Kosovo Albanian anti-communist resistance fighter.
The Kryeziu family was notably powerful and influential in Gjakova and other parts of Dukagjin during the 19th and 20th century. They were part of the Ottoman cast.
Ismet Bey Kryeziu (1889–1952) was an Albanian political figure during the 1930s and 1940s.
Ferhat Bey Draga (1880–1944) was a noted Kosovo Albanian politician during the Balkan Wars and World War I and Axis collaborator during World War II.
Zyber Lisi is an Albanian former football player who played for both Sportklub Tiranë and Partizani Tirana between 1937 and 1954. He was considered to be one of the best forwards in Albania following the departure of Riza Lushta to Bari in Italy.
Ivanaj is an Albanian surname that may refer to
The Taksim meeting alternatively known as the Taksim Plot and less commonly as the Taksim Assembly was a secret meeting held in January 1912 by Albanian nationalist deputies of the Ottoman parliament and other prominent Albanian political figures. The meeting was organized on the initiative of Hasan Prishtina and Ismail Qemali, who invited most of the MPs of Albanian origin and aimed at launching an armed general uprising in Albanian territories against the central government headed by the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). The meeting followed two other Albanian uprisings of 1910 in the Vilayet of Kosovo and 1911 in the mountains of upper Shkodra. Although not to the extent expected by its organizers, the Taksim meeting resulted in the uprising of the same year with armed insurrections in Shkodër, Lezhë, Mirditë, Krujë and other Albanian provinces. It achieved its biggest goals was in Kosovo where the rebels were more organized and managed to take over important cities such as Prizren, Peja, Gjakova, Mitrovica and other.
Murati is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: