Autograph letter signed 'Ali Cenâni' with its envelope, sent to Ali Mazhar Bey, who was governor of Ankara between 1914-1915 before Armenian Deportation.

ALI CENÂNI BEY, (Ottoman / Turkish deputy and politician who played a role in the organization of the Southern Front during the Turkish War of Independence against the French Occupation in Ayntab -Gaziantep-), (1872-1934).

"Millet-i Mebûsân" Letterhead., Dated fî 21 Kanunusânî [1]330 [AH] = 1915 AD, Ayntab [Gaziantep]. 

Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) 'Ali Cenânî' as a deputy of Ayntab and its envelope, sent to Ali Mazhar Bey, who was governor of Ankara between 1914-1915 before Armenian Deportation. 25,5x15,5 cm. In Ottoman script on a paper with 'Meclis-i Mebûsân' [i.e. The Ottoman Parliamentary] letterhead and "Prie. Superf." watermark. 1 p. Folded. Thirteen lines. Ali Cenânî Bey was an Ottoman / Turkish deputy and politician who played a role in the organization of the Southern Front during the Turkish War of Independence against the French Occupation in Ayntab -Gaziantep-). Cenanizadeler's family, some important figures in the last Ottoman period were its members like Grand Vizier Cenanizade Mehmet Kadri Pasha and writer Cenanizade Asim, whose names live in their mansions in Kanlica, Istanbul. He was exiled to Malta at the end of World War I among the 150 Personae Non-Gratae. On his return, he showed benefits in organizing the resistance to the occupation in Antep and Adana regions. Ali Mazhar Bey, who was appointed as the governor of Ankara in 1914, ignored the Armenians' deportation order. Despite the warnings from the Committee of Union and Progress, he did not implement the order and was assigned to Aleppo. Talat Pasha informed him about his new post in a special telegram. Ali Mazhar Bey foresaw that he would have to apply the deportation order, which he found contrary to his conscience, in his new position, and resigned.