| Isgandar Khan Khoyski | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Azerbaijani language: İsgəndər xan Xoyski |
| Birth name | Isgandar Khan Kalbali Khan oglu Isgandarov |
| Born | May 25, 1820 |
| Died | June 16, 1894 (aged 74) |
| Place of birth | Elisabethpol Governorate, Imperial Russia |
| Place of death | Elisabethpol Governorate, Imperial Russia |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire (from 1841 to 1889) |
| Service/branch | Cavalry |
| Years of service | 1841—1899 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant general of The Imperial Russian Army |
| Unit | Cavalry |
| Awards |
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Isgandar Khan Khoyski (Azerbaijani: İsgəndər xan Xoyski; 25 May 1820, Yelizavetpol, Imperial Russia – 16 July 1894, Yelizavetpol, Imperial Russia) was a decorated Imperial Russian and Azerbaijani military commander, having the rank of lieutenant-general.[1]
Life[]
He was born in 1820 in Ganja. He began his military service in 1841, and in 1847 was promoted to the rank of cornet. In 1852 he was promoted to the rank of staff-rotmistr, and in 1854 to the rank of rotmistr. After being promoted to the rank of major general in 1883, he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1889.[2]
He died on July 16, 1894, in Ganja. While he was still alive, he built a mausoleum for his family in the Sabskar cemetery in Ganja. However, as most of his sons were repressed by the Bolsheviks, only Jahangir Khan and his daughter Tutubeyim were buried there.[citation needed]
Family[]
His grandfather Jafargulu Khan was khan of Khoy, after being defeated by Fath-Ali Shah Qajar he went to the north of Araz river and was appointed khan of Sheki for fighting in the Russian-Qajar wars by Alexander I. His father Kalbaliu Khan Khoyski was also major-general in Imperial Russian Army.[3]
His elder son Huseyngulu khan was deputy governor of Ganja Governorate between 1918 and 1920. Younger son Rustam Khan Khoyski served as Minister of Social Security of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. His other son Cahangir Khan Khoyski was also major-general in Imperial Russian Army.[4][5]
His son Fatali Khan Khoyski was an Azerbaijani attorney, a member of the Second State Duma of the Russian Empire, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Defense and, later the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.[6]
Awards[]
- 3rd Class Order of Saint Anna (1849)- 2nd Class Order of Saint Stanislaus (1859)
- - 2nd Class Order of Saint Anna (1871)
- 4th Class Order of Saint Vladimir (1871)
- Order of St. George (1914)
References[]
- ↑ "Milli dövlətçilik tariximizin parlaq siması". bsu.edu.az. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216072955/http://bsu.edu.az/az/news/milli_dvltilik_tariximizin_parlaq_simas.
- ↑ Список генералам по старшинству. 1889.—СПб., 1889, с. 584
- ↑ "Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. Fatali Khan Khoyski". http://mfa.gov.az/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=29.
- ↑ Fuad Akhundov, "Fatali Khoyski - Prime Minister (1875-1920), Azerbaijan International, vol. 6.1, Spring 1998 Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine..
- ↑ "Biograpghies Bank. Rüstəm xan Xoyski". http://www.adam.az/az.php?subaction=showfull&id=1295433862&archive=&start_from=&ucat=29,30,58&go=headlines&category=58.
- ↑ "Presidential Library. Fatali Khan Khoyski". p. 70. http://www.elibrary.az/docs/azerbaijan/rus/gl8.pdf.
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