Aqif Pasha Elbasani: Difference between revisions

Aqif Pasha was born in 1860 , [[Elbasan]], back then [[Vilayet of Monastir]], [[Ottoman Empire]], today [[Central Albania|central]] [[Albania]], son of Mahmud Pertef Pasha Biçakçiu , patriarch of one of the three landowning influential and respected families of the town and his mother Shefikat Hanëm Alizoti from the Alizoti family, who’s sister was Vafsije Alizoti the mother of Essad pasha Toptani and Gani Toptani which made him the maternal first cousin of [[Esad Pasha Toptani]] and [[Gani Toptani]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[Lebenserinnerungen|Kujtime 1885-1925]]|last=Vlora|first=Eqrem bej|author-link=Eqrem bej Vlora|publisher=IDK|year=2003|isbn=99927-780-6-7|location=Tiranë|pages=569|translator=[[Afrim Koçi]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Letërkëmbim (1947-1958)|last1=Kruja|first1=Mustafa|author-link=Mustafa Merlika Kruja|last2=Margjokaj|first2=P. Paulin|publisher=Camaj-Pipa|year=2006|isbn=99943-34-47-6|location=Shkodër|pages=373}}</ref> His surname, derived from [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''bıçakçı'', means "knifesmith" suggesting that was his ancestors craft/ profession (cognate with the [[Bosniak]] surname [[Bičakčić]]). In his first school years he was taught privately and afterwards he was educated in [[Istanbul]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=[[Kryeministrat dhe ministrat e shtetit shqiptar në 100 vjet]]|last=Dervishi|first=Kastriot|publisher=55|year=2012|isbn=9789994356225|location=Tiranë|pages=90}}</ref>