 He attended elementary studies in Debar and in 1876 finished the theological high school in Monastir.He participated in the 1908 Congress of Monastir which established the Albanian alphabet and also lead a revolt against a new Ottoman administration in the region of Diber in 1911 and was subsequently arrested and sentenced 3 years in prison for rebellion.Ottoman Empire’s delicate and weakening position allowed him to be released early and he was able to participate as a delegate, in the proclamation of independence in Vlora on November 28, 1912.