Mustafa Zihni Pasha (1838–1911) was an Ottoman Kurd who held a number of influential Ottoman administrative posts. He was also a notable member of the Society for the Rise of Kurdistan.
Mustafa Zihni Pasha | |
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 Mustafa Zihni Pasha | |
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| Born | 1838 Sulaimaniyah, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1911 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Political party | Society for the Rise 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
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ Laruelle, Marlene (2018). Tajikistan on the Move: Statebuilding and Societal Transformations. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 297. ISBN 978-1498546522.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b 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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