Background
He was born in Gusinje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes into an Albanian family, and attended an Islamic seminary in Skoplje (present-day Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) until 1941.
He was born in Gusinje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes into an Albanian family, and attended an Islamic seminary in Skoplje (present-day Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) until 1941.
He then moved to Pristina for the next three years and enrolled in the Belgrade Music in 1946, but he was unable to finish his studies as he was soon arrested and convicted for political reasons. Mulliqi was married twice.