Bilall Dreshaj

Bilall Dreshaj (1910–1987), better known as Biko, was an ethnic Albanian military leader in Kosovo and Novi Pazar in Yugoslavia.

Bikë Pazari, Dresheviq

He was born in the village of Dreshaj, in the Gllogoc region in Kosovo, the part of the Ottoman Empire. During World War II he fought in the Battle for Novi Pazar against the communists and the Chetniks.[1]

World War II

Bilall Dreshaj and his men were called by Aćif Hadžiahmetović, mayor of Novi Pazar, on October 2 to defend the city against the ongoing attacks by Serbian Chetniks.[2] On October 5 Dreshaj and his men entered the city with noise and gunfire and put themselves under command of local authorities.[3] During Battle of Novi Pazar, Dreshaj's men successfully defended left wing of the main column against the Chetnik attacks.[4] He was one of the main organisers of protests against arrival of Milan Nedić's troops in Novi Pazar during November 1942.[5]

References
  1. Azizi, Ismet (8 September 2015). "Vëllezërit Dreshaj, luftarë legjendarë të Sanxhakut!". Bota Sot.
  2. Živković 2017, p. 226.
  3. Živković 2017, p. 228.
  4. Živković 2017, p. 246.
  5. Živković 2017, p. 639.

Sources
  • Živković, Milutin (2017). Санџак 1941-1943 [Sanžak 1941-1943] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: University of Belgrade.


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