[2] As a sculptor, Toptani created the first bust of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the national hero of Albania.

From 1875 to 1881, their family lived in Istanbul, capital of the Ottoman Empire, but they settled again in the Caucasus Mountains, where Seit was again interned because of his membership in the League of Prizren.

Toptani's younger brother Refik was the head of the local branch of Bashkimi[clarification needed] in Tirana.

In 1897, Toptani successfully requested the instruction of all lessons in Albanian in the newly founded Austrian school of the city.

On 14 July 1898, he protested against his sentence and requested amnesty from the vali of Manastir, but did not receive any reply.