Abedin Dino
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League of Prizren
The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Albanian Nation commonly known as the League of Prizren was an Albanian political organization founded on 10 June 1878 in Prizren, in the Kosovo province of the Ottoman Empire....
(1878), and one of the main contributors in the Albanian independence.
He was born in Preveza in 1843 to one of the most notable families of the town, the Dino family. His father Ahmed Dino
Ahmed Dino
Ahmed Dino was an Albanian military leader and politician.He was born in 1785 in Preveza to the notable Dino family of the town. He was a close friend and ally of Ali Pasha. In Egypt he was one of the highest ranking generals of Muhammad Ali of Egypt during his conquest of Egypt...
(1785–1849) was an Albanian military leader and politician. He studied in the Zosimaia School
Zosimaia School
The Zosimaia School of Ioannina has been one of the most significant Greek middle-level educational institutions during the last period of Ottoman rule in the region...
and the University of Paris
University of Paris
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. In 1876 he became one of the legislators of Kanûn-ı Esâsî
Kanûn-i Esâsî
The Ottoman constitution of 1876 was the first constitution of the Ottoman Empire. Written by members of the Young Ottomans, particularly Midhat Pasha, during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II , the constitution was only in effect for two years, from 1876 to 1878.A large part of the reason for the...
, the first constitution of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
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.
He was appointed as the chief representative of the League of Prizren for Chameria
Chameria
Chameria is a term used today mostly by Albanians for parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and northwestern Greece It was also used by Greeks till the mid of 20th century and is frequently found in Greek literature. Today it is obsolete in Greek, surviving mainly in Greek folk...
, and established a local League branch in Ioannina
Ioannina
Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...
. He belonged to the Albanians, who were loyal to the empire and supported the Sublime Porte's military intervention. He was from Juni 10, 1880 briefly the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire, than wāli
Wali
Walī , is an Arabic word meaning "custodian", "protector", "sponsor", or authority as denoted by its definition "crown". "Wali" is someone who has "Walayah" over somebody else. For example, in Fiqh the father is wali of his children. In Islam, the phrase ولي الله walīyu 'llāh...
(governor) of Aden
Aden
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and from 1904 Vizier
Vizier
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(minister) in Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha (who was of Albanian origin, too) government.
He was also poet and translator. He wrote song "Këngë për Shqipërin" (alb. "Song for Albania", 1879), "Të nxiturit e Shqipërisë tuke përpjeturë" (1880), "Poema e Shenjtë" (Poema of Saint, 1884), "Poetry" (1888). He translated on Albanian language poems of a 13th-century Persian
Persian people
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poet, and Sufi
Sufism
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mystic
Mysticism
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Rumi.
His son, Rasih Dino
Rasih Dino
Rasih Dino was an Albanian politician, diplomat and a figure of the Albanian national movement of the early 20th century.- Life :Rasih Dino was born in 1865 in Preveza to the notable Dino family of the area. His father was Abedin Dino, one of the founders of the League of Prizren...
was a co-founder of the first Albanian school in Preveza and in 1913 he was the head of the delegation of Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
that signed the Treaty of London.