Idriz Seferi

Idriz Seferi
Nickname(s)	İdriz Bey
Born	(1847-03-14)14 March 1847 Sefer, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Serbia)
Died	25 March 1927(1927-03-25) (aged 80)
Allegiance	League of Prizren League of Peja
Service / branch	Kachak
Years of service	1878–1918
Rank	Commander
Commands	Karatonlu nahiya Ferizovik (1912) Üsküp (1912)
Battles / wars	Battles for Plav and Gusinje Battle of Novšiće Macedonian Struggle Battle of Pasjane Albanian-Turkish War (1881) Albanian-Turkish War (1900) Albanian Revolt of 1910 Battle of Kaçanik Pass Battle of Carraleva Pass Albanian Revolt of 1911 Battle of Drenogllava Albanian Revolt of 1912 Capture of Üskup Balkan Wars World War I
Awards	Hero of Kosovo (posthumously)

Idriz Seferi (14 March 1847 – 25 March 1927) was an Albanian nationalist, revolutionary leader and guerrilla fighter who played a prominent role in the Albanian uprisings against the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of Bulgaria during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During his 56-year military career, he fought in 35 battles.^[1]

A member of both the League of Prizren and the League of Peja, he was a close collaborator of Isa Boletini, with whom he organized an Albanian uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1910 in the Kosovo Vilayet. After the suppression of the uprising, Seferi continued fighting against the Ottoman authorities and played a prominent role in the Albanian uprising of 1912. In the First Balkan War, Boletini and Seferi rose up against Serbia and continued to attack Serbian posts in the subsequent occupation and initial phase of World War I (1913–1915). In the second phase of the war (1916–1918), he led his troops against Bulgarian forces.