{"id":8222,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/mehmet-derralla\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:53:23","slug":"mehmet-derralla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/mehmet-derralla\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehmet Derralla"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mehmet<\/span> Hasan<\/span> pashë <\/span>Derralla<\/span>, <\/span>military<\/span> leader<\/span> and<\/span> First<\/span> Minister<\/span> of<\/span> War<\/span> in the <\/span>Government<\/span> of<\/span> Ismail<\/span> Qemali<\/span>, <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in the <\/span>village<\/span> of<\/span> Gradec<\/span> in the <\/span>vicinity<\/span> of<\/span> Tetova. He <\/span>took<\/span> his<\/span> first<\/span> lessons<\/span> in <\/span>his<\/span> ho<\/span>metown<\/span>, <\/span>then<\/span> continued<\/span> his<\/span> secondary<\/span> sc<\/span>ho<\/span>oling<\/span> at the Manastir <\/span>high<\/span> sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span>. He <\/span>continued<\/span> his<\/span> studies<\/span> at the <\/span>Military<\/span> Sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span> in <\/span>Istanbul<\/span>. <\/span>After<\/span> completing<\/span> his<\/span> studies<\/span>, he <\/span>held<\/span> a <\/span>number<\/span> of<\/span> positions<\/span> in the <\/span>Ottoman<\/span> army<\/span>. <\/span>Meanwhile<\/span>, he <\/span>also<\/span> made<\/span> a <\/span>career<\/span> in the <\/span>Ottoman<\/span> gendarmerie<\/span>. As a <\/span>professional<\/span> in <\/span>this<\/span> field<\/span>, he <\/span>was<\/span> promoted<\/span> by the <\/span>Istanbul<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span> sent<\/span> to <\/span>various<\/span> military<\/span> missions<\/span> in the <\/span>provinces<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Empire<\/span>. As a <\/span>soldier<\/span>, he <\/span>also<\/span> served<\/span> in the <\/span>vilayet<\/span> of<\/span> Kosovo<\/span> and<\/span> Manastir. <\/span>Early<\/span> on<\/span> he <\/span>came<\/span> into<\/span> contact<\/span> with<\/span> leaders<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> National<\/span> Movement<\/span>. At a <\/span>young<\/span> age, he <\/span>participated<\/span> in the <\/span>Assembly<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> League<\/span> of<\/span> Prizren (1878) <\/span>and<\/span> then<\/span> was<\/span> a participant in the <\/span>Assembly<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>League<\/span> of<\/span> Peja in 1899. He <\/span>was<\/span> also<\/span> an <\/span>active<\/span> participant <\/span>and<\/span> leader<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>uprisings<\/span> of<\/span> 1908-1912. He <\/span>participated<\/span> in the <\/span>Assembly<\/span> of<\/span> Independence in Vlora (1912). In the <\/span>national<\/span> government<\/span> of<\/span> Ismail<\/span> Qemali<\/span>, <\/span>Mehmet<\/span> Derralla<\/span> was<\/span> appointed<\/span> Minister<\/span> of<\/span> War<\/span>. <\/span>Because<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> continuous<\/span> activity<\/span> in <\/span>support<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> national<\/span> movement<\/span>, he <\/span>was<\/span> followed<\/span> by the <\/span>Istanbul<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span>, <\/span>after<\/span> 1916, <\/span>also<\/span> by Serbia <\/span>and<\/span> Montenegro<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> killed<\/span> in Podgorica <\/span>, in 1918. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: <\/span>Mehmet<\/span> Derralla<\/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 315.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mehmet_Pash%C3%<\/span>A<\/span>B_Deralla<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the village of Gradec, in the vicinity of Tetova, Mehmet Hasan Pasha Derralla was born, a military leader and Minister of War in the government of Ismail Qemali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ditelindje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12183,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8222\/revisions\/12183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}