Sheikh Mustafa Ruhi Efendi

Sheikh Haci Mustafa Ruhi Efendi
Sheikh Mustafa Ruhi Efendi tombstone
Religious and Political Leader
Personal details
Born	1800 Gökçeada[citation needed], Ottoman Empire (actual Turkey)
Died	1893 (aged 93) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (actual Turkey)
Children	- Sabri Kalkandelen (Poet, Chief of the Istanbul Imperial Library) - Fatma Hanko (mother of General Hayrullah Fişek) - Hürrem - Zehra
Residence	Kalkandelen, Ottoman Empire (actual Tetovo, Macedonia)

Sheikh Mustafa Ruhi Efendi (born 1800, Gökçeada, Ottoman Empire - 1893, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire) was an religious (Naqshbandi) and political leader in the Balkans during the Ottoman period.^[1] He was based in the city of Kalkandelen, (Tetovo in today's Macedonia). Being one of the main members of the League of Prizren,^[2][3] he was the President of the central committee of Prizren called the "close committee".^[4]

References

1. ^ Nathalie Clayer (in French). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation. http://books.google.fr/books?id=umotBF3KFWgC&q=mustafaEfendi#v=onepage&q=mustafa%20Efendi&f=false. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
2. ^ The Policy of Abdulhamid II Regarding The Prizren League Nuray Bozbora
3. ^ Aux origines du nationalisme albanais La naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe "le cheikh Mustafa de Tetovo" ISBN 9782845868168 by Nathalie Clayer
4. ^ The Consolidation of Albanian Nationalism The League of Prizren 1878-1881, by Nevila Pahumi

Persondata
Name	Mustafa Ruhi Efendi
Alternative names
Short description	Religious and political leader
Date of birth	1800
Place of birth	Gökçeada, Ottoman Empire (actual Turkey)
Date of death	1893
Place of death	Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (actual Turkey)