Career
He is considered responsible for the massacres of Armenians in and around Van. Clarence Ussher, a witness to these events, reported that 55,000 Armenians were subsequently killed. He succeeded Governor Hasan Tahsin Bey.
He was portrayed by Elias Koteas in the 2002 film Ararat.
He was the brother-in-law of Enver Pasha.
