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Syle Tahiri
Syle Tahiri
Birth: 25 May 1901
Kosovska Kamenica, Gjilan District, Ottoman Empire (present-day Kosovo)
Death: 24 June 2008
Shahiqi, Kamenica, Gjilan District, Kosovo
Age: 107 years, 30 days
Country: KosovoKOS
Centenarian

Syle Tahiri [Albanian: Sylë Tahiri] (25 May 1901 – 24 June 2008) was a Kosovoan centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Kosovo at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Syle Tahiri was born in the village Shahiqi, Kosovska Kamenica, Gjilan District, Ottoman Empire (present-day Kosovo) on 25 May 1901.

He worked in agriculture and spent his whole life in the countryside. He never went to the doctor. At the time of his death, he had a total of 82 descendants including children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

Syle Tahiri died in the village Shahiqi, Kamenica, Gjilan District, Kosovo on 24 June 2008 at the age of 107 years, 30 days. Following his death, then 102-year-old Fatime Ahmeti became the oldest known living person in Kosovo.

References[]


Kosovo's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Syle TahiriFatime AhmetiAhmet GashiSherife NinajXhemile Kaloshi SusuriXhevahire MustafaBahtije IdriziXhezide AliuTaibe Dushica

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