ferhat draga was born in kosovska mitrovica, ottoman empire. he was the brother of nexhip draga, another politician mostly known as co-founder of the džemijet party. ferhat was educated in istanbul, where he was active together with his brother nexhip in the movement for the albanian writings and schools. he supported the latin script for writing the albanian language. during the young turk revolution, galib bey managed to get albanian leaders ferhat draga, nexhip draga and bajram curri to attend a meeting at firzovik (modern ferizaj) and use their influence to sway the crowd through fears of "foreign intervention" to support constitutional restoration.