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Nakhchivanski
The House of Nakchivanski (, ), also spelled Naxcivanski and Nakhitchevansky, is a noble family of Azerbaijani origin with subsequent branches established in Russia and Iran. They have provided famous generals and military personnel, one of them - Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski was the only Muslim to serve as General-Adjutant of the H.I.M. Retinue. Background The Nakhchivanski family is a cadet branch of Kangarli dynasty, itself a part of Ustajlu Qizilbash tribe. Ehsan Khan Kangarli was the first member of the dynasty to adopt a Russified surname, thus establishing his own branch. They were intermarried with Bahmani family of Qajar dynasty and Makinsky family of Maku Khanate. They were the largest landowners in Nakhchivan uyezd. Present day After the Soviet takeover of Azerbaijan, Christian members of the Nakhchivanski family mostly emigrated to Europe and beyond, while Muslim members stayed back and changed their surnames in order to flee persecution, such as famous opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski
Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, or Nakhichevansky, francised spelling: Hussein Nahitchevansky (; or ) (28 July 1863 – January 1919), was a Russian Cavalry General of Azerbaijani origin. He was the only Muslim to serve as General Adjutant of the H. I. M. Retinue. Military career He was born on July 28, 1863, in Nakhchivan City (now the capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan). His paternal grandfather Ehsan Khan Nakhchivanski was the last ruler of the Nakhchivan Khanate. Huseyn Nakhchivanski's parents were Kalbali Khan Nakhchivanski, a major general in the Russian Army, and Khurshid Qajar-Iravani, a member of a branch of the Qajar dynasty who ruled the Erivan Khanate (abolished in 1828). In 1874, Huseyn Nakhchivanski was admitted to the Page Corps and graduated with honours in 1883. He received the rank of cornet and was assigned to the elite Leib Guard Horse Regiment. Nakhchivanski served there for twenty years and ascended positions from cornet to Colonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshid Nakhchivanski
Jamshid Jafargulu oglu Nakhchivanski (; August 23, 1895 – August 26, 1938), also known as Jamshid Khan Nakhichevanski, was a Russian Imperial, Azerbaijani and Soviet military commander. He rose to the rank of Combrig (equivalent to Brigadier General) in the Soviet Army. Early life Jamshid Nakhchivanski was born to the family of retired Russian Imperial Rittmeister Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski who was the brother of General Adjutant Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski. The Nakhchivanskis came from roots of Kangarli Oghuz Turks tribes descendants of which ruled the Nakhchivan Khanate. At the age of seven, his mother Farrantaj-hanim taught him to write in Azerbaijani and his nanny taught him Russian and French. In 1904, he was admitted to ''Tiflis Cadet Corps'' graduating in 1911. Service in the army Imperial Russian Army On August 30, 1914, he started his service as junker of ''Yelizavetgrad Cavalry School''. Having graduated from the four-month 1st-grade intensive course, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski
Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski (; ; 5 February 1859 – 1929) was a Russian officer and later an Azerbaijani statesman. He was the brother of General-Adjutant Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski and father of Major General Jamshid Nakhchivanski. Early life and military career Jafargulu Khan was born into a princely family of Nakhchivanski, descending from the rulers of the Nakhchivan Khanate. His father was a Major General of the Russian Imperial army and his mother was the daughter of the khan of Maku. In 1867, young Jafargulu was signed up for the Page Corps. Upon graduating in 1877, he was promoted to cornet in Her Majesty's Uhlan Life Guard Regiment based in Peterhof. In April 1878, he was sent to a regiment stationed in the Caucasus and participated in the Russian occupation of Erzurum during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). In the later years, he participated in Central Asian campaigns of the Russian army, after which he was promoted to Staff captain. For his participation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakhchivan (city)
Nakhchivan ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, a Enclave_and_exclave#True_exclaves, true exclave of Azerbaijan, located west of Baku. The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan, the settlement of Əliabad, Nakhchivan, Əliabad and the villages of Başbaşı, Bulqan, Haciniyyət, Qaraçuq, Qaraxanbəyli, Nakhchivan, Qaraxanbəyli, Tumbul, Qarağalıq, and Daşduz. It is spread over the foothills of Zangezur Mountains, on the right bank of the Nakhchivan River at an altitude of above sea level. Toponymy The city's official Azerbaijani spelling is "Nakhchivan" (). The name is transliterated from Persian as Nakhjavan (). The city's name is transliterated from Russian as Nakhichevan' () and from Armenian as Nakhijevan (). The city was first mentioned in Ptolemy's ''Geography (Ptolemy), Geography'' as ''Naxuana'' (, ). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feyzullah Mirza Qajar
Feyzullah Mirza Qajar (; ; ) also Fazullah-Mirza Qajar (; ) (b. December 15, 1872 - d. 1920) - was a prince of Iran's Qajar dynasty and a decorated Imperial Russian and Azerbaijani military commander, holding the rank of Major-General. In the Imperial Russian army, he was the commander of the 1st Caucasian Native Cavalry Division, and the commander of the Ganja garrison in the army of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Early life He was born on 15 December 1872 to Shafi Khan Qajar in Shusha, Elisabethpol Governorate. He was a senior great-grandson of Bahman Mirza. He received general education in the Tbilisi Cadet Corps. Starting the military the service on 30 August 1891, he started his second education at the Nikolayev Cavalry School. After graduating from college in the 1st category, he was released on August 7, 1893 as a cornet to the 43rd Tver Dragoon Regiment. He was promoted to lieutenant rank on 15 March 1899. On November 20, 1901, he was appointed acting head of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehsan Khan Nakhichevansky
Ehsan Khan Kengerli (), later known by his Russified name of Ehsan Khan Nakhichevansky (, ; 1789–1846) was the last ruler of the Nakhichevan Khanate. Biography Ehsan Khan hailed from the Turkic tribe of Kangarlu, and was the youngest son of Kalb-Ali Khan Kangarlu, the ruler of the Nakhichevan Khanate, who was blinded by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. In his youth, Ehsan Khan was on Persian service and later took part in Ottoman–Persian War. During the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828, Abbas Mirza appointed Ehsan Khan as commander of the fortress Abbasabad. After the Russians laid siege to the fortress, Ehsan Khan secretly arranged for the gates of the fortress to be opened to the Russian commander General Ivan Paskevich. For his services, Ehsan was conferred the rank of colonel and appointed the ruler of the Nakhichevan Khanate. The khanate was formally abolished in 1828, but Ehsan Khan retained his influence in the region and was appointed the campaign ataman of Transcaucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khurshid Qajar
Khurshid Qajar née Nakhchivanskaya () was an Azerbaijani opera singer. Biography She was born in 1894, Nakhchivan to Rahim Khan Nakhchivanski, an elder brother of Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski and a member of Nakhchivanski family. She got her first education at Boarding School of Saint Nina at Baku. Being admitted to Moscow Conservatory in 1915, she was one of the first Azerbaijani women to get educated abroad. Her teacher at Conservatory was Umberto Masetti, Italian vocal pedagogue and Sergey Obukov, Russian opera singer of Bolshoi Theatre. After completing her education, she lived in Saint Petersburg for a while and later worked for Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1919-1934. She was a director of a small opera course functioning under Opera Theater in 1935. She was known for her portrayals of Gulzar (in Shah Ismail opera by Muslum Magomayev); Khurshidbanu, Asya and Gulnaz (respectively in '' Shah Abbas and Khurshid Banu'' (1912), '' Arshin Mal Alan'' (1913) and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahmani Family
The House of Bahmani (), also called Bahmani-Qajar (), is an aristocratic Iranian family belonging to one of the princely families of the Qajar dynasty, the ruling house that reigned Iran 1785–1925. The founder is Bahman Mirza Qajar (1810–1884), the younger brother of Mohammad Shah Qajar and formerly prince regent and governor of Azerbaijan 1841–1848. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the family was divided into a Russian branch, serving the Tsar, and recognised in 1886 with the titles of ''Prince Persidskii'' and ''Princess Persidskaya'' styled "His Serene Highness" in the Russian Empire by the Tsar, as well as into a Persian branch in Tehran at the Shah's court, holding the traditional Persian title of ''shahzadeh'' ("prince").Adenin Remy: ''Almanach de Bruxelles: "The Qajar Dynasty"'' (internet 2015). Bahman Mirza and his sons used the more familiar style of ''navvab'' ("highness"). Many of Bahman Mirza's male offspring were high-ranking officers in the Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Aras
The Republic of Aras (; also known as the Republic of Araks or the Araxi Republic) was a short-lived and unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, roughly corresponding to the modern Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Named after the Aras River that formed its southern border, the republic was declared in December 1918 by Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski with support from the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's ruling party, the Musavat Party, and the government of the Ottoman Empire. The creation of the Republic of Aras was in response to a border proposal by the British, that would have assigned the area to the First Republic of Armenia.Dr. Andrew Andersen, Ph.DAtlas of Conflicts: Armenia: Nation Building and Territorial Disputes: 1918-1920/ref> Its existence was ended when troops from Armenia advanced into the region and succeeded in taking control over it in mid-June 1919 during the Aras War. However, this triggered an advance into the Nakhchivan region by the army of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Of The Cavalry
General of the Cavalry () was a General officer rank in the cavalry in various states of which the modern states of German and Austria are successors or in other armies which used the German model. Artillery officers of equivalent rank were called " General of the Artillery" (), and infantry officers of equivalent rank " General of the Infantry" (). For more details see: * General of the Cavalry (Austria) for the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire, Imperial Army of the Austrian Empire, and Imperial Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire * General of the Cavalry (Finland) for the Finnish Defence Forces of the Republic of Finland. * General of the Cavalry (Germany) for the German Imperial Army, the interwar ''Reichswehr'', and the ''Wehrmacht'' * General of the Cavalry (Imperial Russia) for the Russian Imperial Army of the Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BC, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BC by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative and reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
