Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya zauna a Antep (a yau Gaziantep) a 1891 kuma an zabe shi a cikin majalisar Ottoman a 1908, yana wakiltar Aleppo. A wannan shekarar da aka zabe shi shugaban reshen Antep na Kwamitin Union da Ci gaba (CUP), malamin Taşçızâde Abdullah Effendi ya zama Mataimakin Shugaban. An sake zabarsa a karo na biyu. A matsayinsa na shugaban CUP a Antep, ya shiga cikin fitar da yawan mutanen Armeniya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na 1. Duk da cewa Cenani ya taka rawar gani a cikin fitar da Armeniya, ya yi haƙuri da buƙatun keɓancewar fitar da wasu Armeniya masu arziki, wanda ya haifar da korafi daga Ahmet Faik Erner, Kaymakam na Antep a lokacin. A shekara ta 1915, ya mai da hankali kan korar fitattun 'yan Armeniya na Furotesta, wanda daga ƙarshe ya karɓi yawancin dukiyar magaji. Ya kasance dan majalisa na majalisar Ottoman har zuwa ranar 16 ga Maris, 1916,
Constantinople ta mallaki sojojin Birtaniya. A lokacin yakin neman 'yancin kai na Turkiyya, ya shirya juriya a yankin kusa da Antep a 1918. An bayar da rahoton cewa ya karbi makamai don wannan ma'ana a kan umarnin Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk). 'Yan Burtaniya sun sami nasarar kama Cenani a Constantinople a ranar 24 ga Mayu 1920 kuma aka aika zuwa Malta a watan Nuwamba 1920. An zarge shi da Ahmet Faik Erner, da hannu a cikin korar kimanin 'yan Armeniya 25'000 daga Antep. Bayan dawowarsa daga Malta, ya shiga ƙungiyar Kemalist kuma ya zama memba na Babban Majalisar Nationalasa ta Antep. Daga baya ya zama Ministan Kasuwanci tsakanin 22 ga Nuwamba, 1924 zuwa 17 ga Mayu, 1926, kuma ya yi aiki a duka, Gwamnatocin Fethi Okyar da kuma Ismet Inönü. A cikin 1928 an bincika shi don ɓarnatar da TL 500'000 kuma an yanke masa hukuncin shekara guda a kurkuku kuma ya biya tara na TL 170'000. Ya mutu a shekara ta 1934.