[1][2] Kamber Ali was born in 1869 (or 1870) in the village of Pagria, located near Përmet, Albania, which was then under the Ottoman Empire.

In 1910, Kamber Ali, Ahmet Turani, and Sulejman of Gjirokastra were each appointed as gjysh (baba) by Fejzi Dede at the pir evi of Haji Bektash Veli in Hacıbektaş, central Anatolia.

[1] During the Greek occupation of World War I, Kamber Ali fled to Candia (Heraklion) in Crete, and then went on to the United States in 1916.

[1] In December 1944, at the age of 74, Kamber Ali was arrested by the Communists was sentenced to life in prison due to his participation in the Balli Kombëtar.

[1] The remains of Kamber Ali are now buried in a tyrbe at the World Headquarters of the Bektashi (Albanian: Kryegjyshata) in Tirana.