Hallulli was born in Tirana, Albania, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1842.

He took the first studies in his home town, finishing the "Ruzhdie" high school.

[2] Together with Rauf Fico, Mytesim Këlliçi, Luigj Shala and Xhelal Toptani he co-founded Streha Vorfnore, the Albania's first public orphanage, on November 28, 1917, the fifth anniversary of the Albanian Declaration of Independence.

[3] The initiators involved a commission of benefactors from the rich families and merchants of the town.

[4] Hallulli supported the Albanian Declaration of Independence, the government and outcome of the Congress of Lushnje, and the June Revolution.