Halit Berzeshta
{{Short description|Albanian warlord and activist involved in the Albanian National Awakening}}
Halit Bey Bërzeshta (1840 – 1909) was an Ottoman Albanian military physician and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.
Biography
Bërzeshta was born in Bërzeshta, Vilayet of Monastir, Ottoman Albania (today Librazhd District, Albania) in 1840.
He was a member of the Secret Association of the Albanians of Monastir ({{langx|sq|Organizata e Fshehtë e Shqiptareve të Manastirit}}),{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HS5AAAAIAAJ&q=halit+berzeshta| page=149 | title=Shtypja dhe rezistenca shqiptare në Maqedoni nëpër shekuj| author=Reshat Nexhipi| year=1996 |oclc= 78705393 |publisher= Manastir : [s.n.]}} the Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania, and one of the main Albanian activists in Monastir,{{citation| url=http://www.zemrashqiptare.net/news/id_34022/cid_125/Vebi-Xhemaili:-Manastiri-qend%C3%ABr-e-l%C3%ABvizjes-komb%C3%ABtare.html| language=Albanian| publisher=zemrashqiptare.net| access-date=2013-12-29| author=Vebi Xhemaili| date=2013-11-14| title=Manastiri qender e levizjes kombetare shqiptare dhe reformat e Myrstagut|trans-title=Monastir, center of Albanian national movement and Murstag Reforms|quote=Në këtë kohë më aktivë në Lëvizjen Kombëtare Shqiptare në Manastir ishin: Halit Bërzeshta dhe Fehim Zavalani}}{{cite book|title=Lidhja Shqiptare e Pejës : lëvizia kombëtare 1896-1900| author=Kristaq Prifti|trans-title=Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Inst. i Historisë| page=177| year=2002|location=Tirana|publisher=Botimet Toena|isbn=9789992716199|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fVhqtgAACAAJ&q=9789992716199}} where he joined forces with Bajo Topulli supporting guerrilla fighting against the Ottoman government. He died in 1909.