Background
He was born in Bitola, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia), where he attended the local school.
He was born in Bitola, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia), where he attended the local school.
Like his brother Gjerasim, he studied at the American College in Samokov, Bulgaria.
In 1908 he was the president of the Albanian Bashkimi club in Monastir and later became vice-president In 1908, he was a delegate at the Congress of Monastir. Gjergj Qiriazi was one of the founders of the Albanian printing press Bashkimi i Kombit.
Qiriazi also translated John Bunyan"s Pilgrim"s Progress as Udhëtari, printed in 1927 by Dhori Koti publishers.