Mustafa Zihni Pasha
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 (Mutasarnf) of Burdur, a sanjak within the province of Konya
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