Consular staff
Mustafa Fefsi
fl. 1860–1876 · Ottoman
Ottoman consular employee, active 1860–1876. Worked at Larnaca. Worked for Luigi Palma di Cesnola.
Life and work
- c. 1866Appointed American Consular Guard by Cesnola, after asking him for the vacant post to escape conscription which the Caimakam of Larnaca had threatened; Cesnola says he did it to settle accounts with the Caimakam Genab Effendi.
LarnacaCesnola 1878
- c. 1866Seized by the Turkish police from an American storehouse and imprisoned as a deserter from the Turkish army. Cesnola went to Constantinople, the American Minister Edward Joy Morris backed him, a mixed commission under Augustus J. Johnson decided for Cesnola, and the Porte conceded the Caimakam's dismissal, Mustafa's restitution and recognition as American Consular Guard, a 21-gun salute and 10,000 piastres damages to the American dragoman.
- 1872As 'my cavass Mustafa' organised Cesnola's spring 1872 expedition along the south-east coast; Cesnola credits eight years' service (butler, valet, dragoman and consular guard; learned to read and write modern Greek, keep accounts and speak Italian). The identification with Fefsi is inferred from the continuity of the title and the eight-year span.
CyprusCesnola 1878
- c. 1872Sent by Cesnola ('my cavass Mustafa') to the Caimakam of Limassol for two policemen, and with them arrested a man who had set fire to a hill and run off with Cesnola's saddlebags; Mustafa then feared revenge from the man's brothers. Identification with Fefsi inferred.
AmathusCesnola 1878
Connections
2 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Employed by Luigi Palma di Cesnola1864–1876
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Genab Effendi1860–1866
Sources
- 1.L. P. di Cesnola (1878). Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples.
- 2.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.