 Këlcyra family was deported and interned near Arta during the reign of Ali Pashe Tepelena, and returned only after his death.They were known as local bey and a powerful family of the area after that.His name appears within the Albanian Colony of Bucharest, as one of the founders of the "Committee of Albanians for the Freedom of Albania" () on 5 May 1907 together with Kristo Meksi, Pandeli Evangjeli, Bajo Topulli, and Vasil Zografi as a branch of the Secret Committee for the Liberation of Albania of Bajo Topulli (1905) which headquarters were in Monastir.