Although he himself was uneducated, Isufi advocated for the education of Albanian children and financially sponsored the opening of a school in the local area alongside the teacher Hoxhë Kalla.

[2] Due to the fact that many Albanian-inhabited territories remained under the control of occupying forces, a general uprising was planned in 1913, spear-headed by figures that included Elez Isufi.

[2] After the conclusion of World War I, the Serbs attempted to annex Dibër, where they were met with an Albanian resistance led by Elez Isufi and Hazis Kotarja.

[4] As a close ally of fellow leader Bajram Curri, Isufi led yet another armed uprising in Dibra on 15 August 1921 to free the region from Serbian occupation, and the fighting continued up until December 1921.

[1] Isufi supported the Albanian patriot and political activist Fan Noli furing the June Revolution of 1924, in which Ahmet Zogu was briefly overthrown by a democratic government before returning from exile with the aid of the Yugoslavs.