Asim Vokshi

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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1909}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|10|04|1909|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gjakova, Ottoman Empire

| death_place = Fuentes de Ebro, Spain

| placeofburial = Cemetery of the Martyrs, Shkodër, Albania

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| allegiance = {{flagicon|Spanish Republic}} Second Spanish Republic

| branch = Spanish Republican Army

| serviceyears = 1937

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Asim Vokshi (1909–1937) was an Albanian Kosovar from Gjakova,{{cite web |title=Asim Vokshi |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113886565/asim-vokshi |website=Find a Grave |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130122357/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113886565/asim-vokshi |url-status=live }} Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, and studied at a military academy in Italy.

He served as a staff officer in the Garibaldi Battalion of the XII International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.

He descended from the Vokshi tribe from Voksh, Kosovo, which has their origins from the Thaçi tribe according to Robert Elsie.

He is buried in the Cemetery of the Martyrs, Shkodër, Albania.

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  • {{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I6W4AAAAIAAJ&q=asim+vokshi| page=234|title=Asim Vokshi| author=Prenk Uli, Qemal Sakajeva| publisher=Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori"| year=1982|oclc=20354380|ref=none}}

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Category:1909 births

Category:1937 deaths

Category:Military personnel from Gjakova

Category:Kosovo Albanians

Category:Albanian anti-fascists

Category:Albanian people of the Spanish Civil War

Category:Heroes of Albania

Category:International Brigades personnel killed in action