Abdulla agha Bakikhanov
Abdulla agha Bakikhanov[lower-alpha 1] was a Azerbaijani military person, major general of the Imperial Russian Army, brother (by father) of the famous Azerbaijani writer and educator Abbasgulu Bakikhanov.
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Abdulla ağa Bakıxanov | |
| Born | June 21, 1824 Tiflis |
| Died | July 20, 1879 (aged 55) Tiflis |
| Occupation | Military |
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Life
Abdulla agha Bakikhanov was born in 1824 in the family of the 3rd Baku Khan Mirza Muhammad Khan II.[2] He served in the cavalry division of the Caucasian army and became an officer from 1843. In 1859 he was promoted to colonel, and on January 1, 1871 to major general. Participated in campaigns in the Caucasian War and Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) . In the 50-70s of the XIX century, he lived in the city of Quba in his hereditary possessions, was one of the large landowners of the Quba district, was engaged in educational activities among his peasants. He helped Hasan bey Zardabi distribute the newspaper Akinchi, the first newspaper in the Azerbaijani language.[3]
Bakikhanov was at the disposal of the commander-in-chief of the Caucasian army until May 1876. On July 20, 1879, Major General Abdulla agha Bakikhanov died in Tiflis. On July 24, friends of the deceased asked to allow the removal of his body from a Muslim Shiite mosque to a Muslim cemetery.[4][5]
Awards
- 3rd Class Order of Saint Anne.[6]
- 2nd Class Order of Saint Stanislaus with swords for muslims set.[6]- - 2nd Class Order of Saint Anne.[6]
- 4th Class Order of Saint Vladimir with swords for muslims set.[6]
Notes
- "Bakikhanov" derives from "Baku-Khanov". A Russified name.[1]
See also
References
- Storey, Charles Ambrose (1970). Persian Literature: v.1: A Bio-bibliographical Survey. Luzac Publishing Ltd. p. 428. ISBN 978-0718901417.
- Акты, собранные Кавказской археографической комиссией / Под ред. Ад. Берже. — Тифлис: Типография Главного Управления Наместника Кавказского, 1873. — Vol. V. — p. 1119
- Геюшева, З. Б. Современники о Г. Зардаби. Baku: Elm. p. 225.
- Волков, С. В. (2009). енералитет Российской империи. Энциклопедический словарь генералов и адмиралов от Петра I до Николая II. Vol. 1. Центрполиграф. p. 98.
- Гогитидзе, Мамука Гогитидзе (2007). Военная элита Кавказа. Генералы и адмириалы из Грузии. Tiflis: Научно-исследовательский центр истории грузинско-кавказских отношении. p. 71.
- Список генералам по старшинству 1871, p. 881.
Sources
- Список генералам по старшинству. Saint Petersburg: Ministry of War of the Russian Empire. 1871.