Amanullah Mirza Qajar

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Amanullah Mirza Qajar
Аманулла Мирза Каджар
امان الله میرزا قاجار

Amanullah Mirza Qajar (

Major General
.

Early life

Amanullah Mirza Qajar was born on January 8, 1857, in the city of Shusha in the

Bahman Mirza Qajar of Persia by one of the latter's junior wives. Like all descendants of Bahman Mirza, he bore the title of Prince of Persia (Russian: принц персидский) in the Russian empire.[1]

Career

Russian Army

Qajar entered military service on July 19, 1879, in the 164th Zagatala Infantry Regiment. In 1883, he was promoted to podporuchik. On November 20, 1886, he was transferred to the 2nd plastun Battalion of the Kuban Cossacks. On May 9, 1902, Qajar was promoted to yesaul. On April 16, 1909, he became starshina of the army and the commander of the 9th Battalion of the Kuban plastun.

First World War

During

Major General in 1917. After the February Revolution, he lived in Tbilisi and Shusha
.

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

After the

Khankendi and Shusha. He participated in fighting the attacks of the Armenian
armed forces on the military units of the ADR on 22–23 March 1920.

Iran

After the fall of the ADR in connection with the repression of the Bolsheviks, Amanullah was forced to leave for Iran. Living in Tehran, he taught at the military school and participated in the formation of the Iranian army. He was a deputy of the Majlis (Parliament) of Iran, and the chairman of the society of the Iranian-Soviet friendship. He died in 1937 in Tehran.

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