[1][2] Jusuf Baftjari, initially studied Islam at the Kuttab of his hometown, then furthered his education at the Madrasa of Doberçan, eventually achieving the title of Imam.

[9][6] In 1941, Vukosav Mladenović and Stojan Antić, two Chetniks from Velekinca, were transporting weapons from Pçinja to the village of Llashtica, when they were captured by Jusuf Baftjari and his men.

[3][6] These forces were mainly from Karadak and were led by commanders such as Jusuf Baftjari, Xheladin Kurbalia, Limon Staneci, Ibrahim Kelmendi, Sylë Hotla etc.

[3] Starting from September until mid-November, considerable losses were inflicted on Serbian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian Chetnik and partisan units attempting to enter the new borders of Kosovo.

[3][10][4] The final battles were fought in defense of the border of Eastern Kosovo along the railway line of Preševo and Bujanovac, against a numerically superior Yugoslav partisan army.

[3][10][4] Only a small number of determined fighters remained with their leaders to continue the resistance, among them Jusuf Baftjari, who with his Cheta withdrew into the wider Karadak Highlands.

[3] On 26 November 1944, the "Council of Leaders of Karadak" convened in the mountains above Preševo, under the leadership of Jusuf Baftjari, Mulla Idriz Gjilani, Adem Stançiqi, Limon Staneci, Xheladin Kurbalia, and Ymer Saqa.

[3] This integration was to be overseen by an organizational and military body, establishing the Headquarters of Zone IV for the Defense of Kosovo, formed as part of the Second League of Prizren.

[3] Soon after Baftjari entered the village, on 30 November 1944, the Battle of Myqybaba unfolded, as Ballist forces clashed with Yugoslav Partisan units along the Myqybaba-Llapushnica gorge.

[11] Hindered by the refusal of passage from Gjilan to Preševo, the XVI Macedonian Partisan Brigade, commanded by Gligorije Šaranović "Gliša", alongside a paramilitary unit from Pasjane and nearby villages from Anamorava (including Serbs and Albanians), consisting of 2,000 soldiers,[11] initiated a pre-dawn assault on November 30th.

[11] On 1 December 1944, during a meeting in Tërpezë (Viti), in which Jusuf Baftjari participated in, it was decided that all Albanian nationalist forces should unite to liberate and safeguard Gjilan and Ferizaj from the atrocities committed by the Partisans and Chetniks.

[3] The committee included resistance unit commanders from Karadak and Gollak, such as Xheladin Kurbalia, Jusuf Baftjari, Ymer Myqybaba, Sylë Hotla, and others, aiming to swiftly implement defensive measures against Partisan-Chetnik attacks along the border of Eastern Kosovo.

[3] On 19 December 1944, the 17th Macedonian Brigade, numbering 1800 men,[15] advanced towards Desivojca, seizing control of the surrounding Gollak Highlands before launching an attack on the village.

[16] In response, a considerable number of Ballists, led by Mulla Idriz Gjilani and Hoxhe Lipovica, mobilized from the mountainous terrain to come to the aid of the villagers.

[3][16] On December 20, 1944, Ballist forces, under the command of Sylë Zarbica, launched a swift assault on the Partisans from the North, while Riza Shkodra led an attack from the south.

[5] Jusuf Baftjari, along with his sons Selimi and Qazimi and several comrades, sought refuge in the mountains of Karadak, utilizing bunkers and relying on support from allies and collaborators.

[5] Eventually, representatives of these groups, including Jusuf Baftjari, convened at the Kopilaça Congress on August 15-16, 1945, organized by the remaining Ballists and Kachaks in Karadak.

[18] Vojo Vojvodić, a Montenegrin leader of the Yugoslav Partisans, assured Jusuf Baftjari that if he surrendered, he would face imprisonment under the Amnesty Law, rather than execution.

[18] Even Jusuf Baftjari, realizing that all possibilities for continued resistance were closing, surrendered togetether with his two sons, Selim and Qazim, in Uglar on February 20, 1947.

[18] Sinan Hasani, the then President of Yugoslavia and a resident from the neighbouring Anamorava region, labeled Jusuf Baftjari as a "terrorist," citing his leadership of a significant Ballist army that engaged in combat against the partisans.