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Etëhem Bey Mollaj

Illustration — The resting place of Etehem Bey and his wife Balkis which - unlike other graves - did not get destroyed during the Communist dictatorship and which still can be seen right of the entrance Haxhi Etëhem Bey also known as Haxhi Et'hem bey Mollaj (1783–1846) was an Ottoman Albanian administrator, nobleman and bejtexhi. Et'hem Bey was the son of Molla Bey of Petrela, from one of the prominent families of the Tirana area, back then part of the Ottoman Albania. He is descendant of Sulejman Pasha Bargjini, who gave the main contribution to the development of Tirana as a commercial and religious center.

Also recorded as Haxhi bey Tirana Etëhem

Etëhem Bey Mollaj

The Mosque of Hadji Et’hem Bey in Tirana Photos made avilable online by Robert Elsie at albanianphotography.net

Jules Alexandre Théodore Degrand (1844-1911) · Public domain

Born
1783
Died
1846
Nationality
Ottoman Empire
Occupation
poet

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Illustration — The resting place of Etehem Bey and his wife Balkis which - unlike other graves - did not get destroyed during the Communist dictatorship and which still can be seen right of the entrance Haxhi Etëhem Bey also known as Haxhi Et'hem bey Mollaj (1783–1846) was an Ottoman Albanian administrator, nobleman and bejtexhi. Et'hem Bey was the son of Molla Bey of Petrela, from one of the prominent families of the Tirana area, back then part of the Ottoman Albania. He is descendant of Sulejman Pasha Bargjini, who gave the main contribution to the development of Tirana as a commercial and religious center.

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