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- 1 2 Robert Elsie (24 December 2012), A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History, I. B. Tauris, p. 262, ISBN 978-1780764313 , retrieved 2013-10-13
- ↑ Obituaries: Said Bey Kryeziu; Albanian Exile, 82, NY Times, May 19, 1993, retrieved 2013-10-13