After his education years, he started to work as a mailing clerk in
Vidin, then worked as secretary in the office of the Governor of
Salonika. He advanced by degrees and was appointed to higher official positions by passage of time, including at
Rustchuk. In 1882 he was appointed as
mutasarrıf of
Vidin, then in 1886 he was appointed as governor of
Sivas, where he started a road-building programme. He was subsequently appointed governor of
Aidin (1889) and later of
Monastir, where he fought
brigandage units which was rife in the province. He was appointed as
minister of internal affairs in 1893. Then he was appointed as
grand vizier in November 1895. The most important events in his era as grand vizier were the riots of
Sason (in 1895) and in
Crete (in 1897), as well as the
Greco-Turkish War of 1897 which ended with Ottoman victory. ==Trivia==