Isgandar Khan Khoyski

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]

Isgandar Khan Khoyski
Native name
Azerbaijani: İsgəndər xan Xoyski
Birth nameIsgandar Khan Kalbali Khan oglu Isgandarov
Born(1820-05-25)May 25, 1820
Elisabethpol Governorate, Imperial Russia
DiedJune 16, 1894(1894-06-16) (aged 74)
Elisabethpol Governorate, Imperial Russia
Allegiance Russian Empire (from 1841 to 1889)
Service/branchCavalry
Years of service1841 — 1899
Rank Lieutenant general of The Imperial Russian Army
UnitCavalry
Awards

ChildrenFatali Khan Khoyski
Huseyngulu Khan Khoyski
Rustam Khan Khoyski
Cahangir Khan Koyski
Tutu Begum Khoyski

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.

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

References
  1. "Milli dövlətçilik tariximizin parlaq siması". bsu.edu.az. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019.
  2. Список генералам по старшинству. 1889. — СПб., 1889, с. 584
  3. "Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. Fatali Khan Khoyski". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  4. Fuad Akhundov, "Fatali Khoyski - Prime Minister (1875-1920), Azerbaijan International, vol. 6.1, Spring 1998 Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. "Biograpghies Bank. Rüstəm xan Xoyski". Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  6. "Presidential Library. Fatali Khan Khoyski". p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
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