Sulejman Bargjini

He was originally from Bargjin, but he settled in the village of Mullet (present-day Albania)[1] and probably served as a Janissary, he was given the title Pasha.

According to some local legends, he named the town he founded after Tehran, the capital of Persia (nowadays Iran).

This, however, is a folk etymology without basis in fact, as Tirana was already mentioned in Venetian documents as early as 1418.

With Sulejman's foundations, Tirana soon became the center of Albanian art, culture and religion (especially with the Spread of Islam and the Bektashi Sufism), it became famous because of its strategic position at the heart of Albania.

[citation needed] A statue of Sulejman Pasha stands in the square named after him in downtown Tirana.

This building in front of the Old Mosque, destroyed during World War II, was the resting place of Sulejman Pasha