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Çoba (? in

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...

– 1900) was a müderris who headed the Shkodër branch of the

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Biography

Very little is known about his life. He was among his city's delegation to the League of Prizren in 1878. In a telegram sent to

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on June 15 of that year, Çoba's signature followed the first one from

Daut Boriçi Mulla Daut Efendi Boriçi (, (7 cemazi-ül evvel 1242 H./7 December 1826 – 2 November 1896), was an Albanian scholar, müderris and nationalist figure of the Albanian National Awakening. For most of his life he was involved in the Ottoman edu ...

. In October, Çoba was one of two delegates appointed to the Shkodër branch of the General Council in Prizren. A year later, on the eve of delegations from

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and Grudë leaving the league, Çoba reaffirmed the Shkodër district's commitment. According to oral tradition, Çoba was arrested with other members of the Shkodër chapter after the Battle of Ulcinj. For a time he served as the mayor of Shkodër, and he was a judge on the court of civil and criminal appeals from 1894 to 1897.

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Albanian Islamic religious leaders 1900 deaths People from Shkodër {{Albania-bio-stub