Legacy
Isa Boletini was a very tall and well-built Albanian, a strong man with a great reputation whose deeds of bravery and escapes from Turks and Serbs had become legends in Albania. Isa Boletini is considered one of Albania's greatest patriots and heroes. His ideas influenced the likes of Midhat Frashëri and prominent Albanian Nationalists. In 2004, Ibrahim Rugova, president of Kosovo awarded him the highest order “Hero of Kosovo” along with Adem Jashari, Hasan Prishtina, and Bajram Curri. He was noted for always wearing the traditional Albanian white cap (Qeleshe) and national dress.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)