Written by Petrit Latifi.
According to Russian sources, there was an Albanian named Hudije or Khudije, who was born in 1731 and lived 170 years, dying in 1901.1
Quotes:
“… Albanian Hudije , during this time he left behind a descendant of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of 200 people. And the Chinese claim that, according to unverifiable data, the oldest inhabitant of the planet is Chinese citizen Li Chung-yan. He was born in 1680 …”2
“… Albanian Khudiye – at 170 years old, Ossetian Tepse Abzive at 180 years old. One might object that all of these are residents of mountainous regions, children of untouched nature, breathing clean air, drinking clean water, eating natural products and not …”3
Other Albanians over 100 years old
Another Albanian highlander, aged 113, was Imer Shabi or Ymer Shabaj, who was interviewed in 1938.
Zenepe Pirani was reported to be the oldest Albanian supercentenarian, who died at the age of 111 in 2021.
References
https://info.adventist.ua/segej-gavryuk-ocharovanye-preklonnogo-vozrasta/?print=print
- https://books.google.se/books?id=NVjrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT96&lpg=PT96&dq=%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86+%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5+170&source=bl&ots=jWfMYwhvOx&sig=ACfU3U0N-5R7yrbDAFwhjy_nJge9nqFY3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixp8HV2t-HAxWSJBAIHS1ZCDgQ6AF6BAgiEAM#v=onepage&q=%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%20%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%20170&f=false ↩︎
- https://books.google.se/books?id=NVjrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT96&dq=%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86+%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsyp772d-HAxURQVUIHb9XN8MQ6AF6BAgLEAI ↩︎
- https://books.google.se/books?id=QibxAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86+%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5&dq=%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86+%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsyp772d-HAxURQVUIHb9XN8MQ6AF6BAgGEAI ↩︎
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