Born in Karbunarë, near Lushnjë,
Karbunarë was the son of Rushidi and Hamdija. They belonged to a branch of the powerful noble
Alltuni family. He went to
madrasa in
Berat. For higher education, Karbunara travelled to
Istanbul, where he learned five languages:
Arabic,
Turkish,
Persian,
English, and
French. He also came into contact during these years with activists of the
Albanian National Awakening. After graduation, he returned to his
khanqah () in Karbunarë, until 1909, when the
Young Turks government detained him in
Peqin for “disturbing the
millets.” In November 1912, Karbunara became the Mufti of Lushnjë. He and
Nebi Sefa helped
Ismail Kemal escape from
Myzeqe to
Vlorë. During the short reign of
Wilhelm, Prince of Albania, Karbunara signed a note of protest on behalf of
Debar and
Chameria, which envoy
Turhan Pasha Përmeti brought to the
Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920) to advocate for Albanian sovereignty. During the
Peasant Revolt of 1914, Karbunara also helped dissuade insurgents in Lushnjë from attacking government volunteers passing through. He also joined Besim Nuri,
Ferit Vokopola, and
Eshref Frashëri as local delegates at the
Congress of Lushnjë; From 1920 to 1924, he belonged to the democratic party of deputies backing
Fan Noli, and he backed Noli in the 1924 June Revolution, fleeing with other supporters to
Italy after King
Zog I of Albania took power that December. He joined the centrist anti-Zog exile group, Bashkimi Kombëtar. He returned to Albania after the
Italian invasion of Albania, and in 1943, the fascist authorities burned down his house and khanqah. The
German occupation forces imprisoned him in 1944, after the Italian surrender. His khanqah became a meeting place for the National Liberation Movement () that he supported. When the FNÇ took power in the
1945 Albanian parliamentary election, Karbunara was elected a deputy from the Lushnjë district. Joining the opposition, he was prosecuted and executed for allegedly “forming a traitorous organization linked to war criminals foreign and domestic aided by agents of Anglo-American imperialism, an organization that committed acts of sabotage, espionage, and terrorism to overthrow the people’s power and raise an oppressive regime of the [monarchist]
Legality Movement Party.” His son was shot in front of him, and their remains have yet to be found. ==Persecution of his family==