Mustafa Zihni Pasha
Ottoman politician
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| Intro | Ottoman politician | |
| Places | Oman | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | Istanbul | |
| Death | Istanbul |
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Biography
Mustafa Zihni Pasha was a high Ottoman official who held a number of ministerial posts and a founding member of the nationalist Kürt Teali Cemiyeti society.
Early life
Mustafa Zihni Bey was born in 1838 in Sulaimaniyah, a town in the Mosul Province of the Ottoman Empire. He was a Kurdish Baban prince. He lived on his estate in Constantinople with his three sons, Ahmet Naim Bey, Ismail Hakki Bey and Huseyin Shukru Bey.
Posts
- President of the Council of State
- Minister of Commerce and Public Works
- Vali (governor) of the provinces of Hejaz, Ioannina, Adana and Aleppo
- Member of the Ottoman chamber of notables
- 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