Bajo Topulli

Bajo Topulli (1868 – 24 July 1930), born Bajram Fehmi Topulli, was an Albanian nationalist figure of the Albanian National Awakening. Bajo was the older brother of Çerçiz Topulli.

Biography Bajo Topulli was a Muslim Tosk Albanian, scion of a notable family of Gjirokastra, born to Ago Topulli and Hasije, daughter of Laze Mullai from Kardhiq.

In Monastir while he was a director in the Ottoman Secondary school (idadiye) Topulli founded in November 1905 the Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania. The group was active for three years, with both brothers taking a winter break during 1906-1907 and spending it in Sofia and Bucharest. On September 22, 1906, Bajo Topulli's band killed the Greek Orthodox bishop of Görice (now Korçë), Photios, who was said to be responsible for the death of Papa Kristo Negovani

During 1907 the Bashkimi (Union) Society in Bucharest sent Topulli to Boston on a mission to the Albanian diaspora in United States to collect funds and recruit young men to join guerilla bands back in Ottoman Albania and prepare to fight in a planned uprising for 1908. In 1908, Topulli along with Shahin Kolonja went to Üsküb (modern Skopje) to establish an Albanian club for local Albanians.