Haxhi Ymer Kashari

[1] Back then part of the Sanjak of Scutari of the Ottoman Empire, Tirana was already flourishing as an oriental-style town.

The outer facade of the portal of Et'hem Bey Mosque in Tirana has an inscription written by him with his pen-name as signature.

It is named Alif and it is one of a kind due to the specific structure it introduced to Albanian poetry of those times.

This type of verse introduced by Haxhi Ymer became a tradition in Albanian poetry and had many followers.

[1] Though heavily laden with Oriental vocabulary,[4] his work has linguistic significance due to the specific Tirana area Gheg dialect of the Albanian language (part of the Central Gheg branch), being the oldest written piece in this dialect.