Early life and family
Mihail Aslan was born in Onești, in the family of the hetman Alecu Ceaur-Aslan, being the eleventh son of the twelve of the hetman and the sixth of his second marriage to Felicia Moser. He was married to Eliza Olănescu.Military career
After graduating from the military school of officers with the rank of lieutenant, Mihail Aslan was assigned to the 2nd Hunters Battalion, a unit in which he participated in the military actions of the war of independence from 1877 to 1878. In 1880 he was moved to the 27th Dorobanti Bacau Regiment, and after advancing to the rank of captain, in 1882, he was moved to the School of Sons of Soldiers in Craiova. He also held various positions in Regiments 10 (1883-1885), 3 (1886-1889) and 26 Dorobanti (1890-1893). Between 1893 and 1896 he was commander of the 2nd Hunters Battalion, from where he was moved as director of studies and professor at the Military School of Infantry and Cavalry (1897-1901) He was commander of: 22nd Dâmbovița Regiment (1901-1903), 27th Bacău Regiment (1903-1907) and 15th Infantry Brigade (1907-1910). He later worked in the central administration of the Ministry of War as senior director of personnel (1910-1912), senior director of infantry (1912-1913) and technical inspector of the same weapon (1914). During theOther works
*Regulation of Infantry Exercises, Bucharest, 1906 (translation, 1909) *Memorandum on the fall of the bridgehead Turtucaia, Iași (1918) *Turtucaia. Strategic study, Bucharest, 1921 Gheorghe I. Georgescu, ''Contribuțiuni la bibliografia războiului pentru întregirea neamului'', Tipografia „Cuvântul Românesc”, București, 1940Awards
*Foreign Awards
*Bibliography
*Falkenhayn, Erich von, The 9th Army Campaign against Romanians and Russians, Atelierele Grafice Socec & Co SA, Bucharest, 1937 *Kiritescu, Constantin, History of the war for the unification of Romania, Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989 *Ioanițiu Alexandru (Lt.-Colonel), The Romanian War: 1916–1918, vol 1, Genius Printing House, Bucharest, 1929 ***, Romania in the World War 1916–1919, Documents, Annexes, Volume 1, Official Gazette and State Printing, Bucharest, 1934 ***, The General Headquarters of the Romanian Army. Documents 1916 - 1920, Machiavelli Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996 ***, Military History of the Romanian People, vol. V, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989 ***, Romania during the First World War, Military Publishing House, Bucharest, 1987 ***, Romania in the First World War, Military Publishing House, 1979References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aslan, Mihail 1857 births 1928 deaths People from Onești Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian Army World War I generals Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania Romanian military personnel of the Second Balkan War Romanian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)