Refo Çapari was an Albanian

Albanians

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 politician and religious leader. Çapari was the first prefect of the Vlorë County

Vlorë County

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 and the first biographer of Ismail Qemali

Ismail Qemali

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. He is considered to be the introducer of the Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í Faith

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 in Albania.

Life

A member of the Çapari family he was born in modern northwestern Greece

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 (Çamëria). In the late 1900s he graduated from the law school of Istanbul

Istanbul

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. After the Albanian Declaration of Independence

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 Çapari became the first prefect of the Vlorë County. During World War I Refo Çapari migrated to the USA, where he converted to the Bahá'í Faith in 1928. In 1931 he returned to Korçë

Korçë

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 in Albania, where he translated Bahá'í texts into Albanian

Albanian language

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. In 1938 he started publishing in Korçë and Tiranë the Bahá'í journal The supreme plume .

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