Mustafa Zihni Pasha
Mustafa Zihni Pasha (1838 Sulaimaniyah - 1929 Constantinople) was the son of a Baban prince, born in Sulaimaniyah he accompanied his father into exile to Constantinople.
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| Born | 1838 Sulaimaniyah, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1911 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Political party | Committee of Union and Progress |
As an Ottoman Kurd Mustafa Zihni held a number of influential Ottoman administrative posts. He was also a notable member of the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan.
He was described by Barré de Lancy and Charles Woods as an honest, fair and impartial man, Mustafa Zihni was also described as belonging to the highest Ottoman class.[1]
He had an estate in Constantinople where he lived with his three sons, Ahmet Naim Bey, Ismail Hakki Bey and Huseyin Shukru Bey.
Posts
- Minister of Commerce and Public Works[2]
- Vali (governor) of the provinces of Hejaz, Ioannina,[3] Adana[3] and Aleppo[4]
- Member of the Senate of the Ottoman Empire
- Chief of naval operations
- Head inspector of the army
- Sultan's special representative to Crete
- Chief secretary (Mektupcu) of the Baghdad Province
- Sub-governor (Mutasarrıf) of Burdur, a sanjak within the province of Konya
Mustafa Zihni Pasha's house in Constantinople
References
- Laruelle, Marlene (2018). Tajikistan on the Move: Statebuilding and Societal Transformations. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 297. ISBN 1498546528.
- Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events: Embracing political, military, and ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry, Volume 6, D. Appleton and company
- The Danger Zone of Europe Changes and Problems in the Near East, Henry Charles Woods
- The Fortnightly, Volume 61, Volume 67, Chapman and Hall, 1897
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