Ali-Agha Shikhlinski

Ali-Agha Ismail-Agha oglu Shikhlinski
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski
Born	(1865-04-23)April 23, 1865 Kazakh
Died	August 18, 1943(1943-08-18) (aged 78) Baku
Allegiance	Imperial Russian Army, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, USSR
Years of service	1886—1929
Rank	Lieutenant-general, General of the Artillery
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War, World War I
Awards	Order of Saint George 4th degree

Ali-Agha Ismail-Agha oglu Shikhlinski (Azerbaijani: Əliağa İsmayılağa oğlu Şıxlinski, Russian: Али-Ага Шихлинский; April 23, 1865 — 18 August 1943) was lieutenant-general of the Russian imperial army and Deputy Minister of Defense and General of the the Artillery of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

Ali-Agha Shikhlinski was born on April, 23, in the village of Kazakhly of Kazakh uyezd. He was descended from an old noble family dating back to as early as 1537. His mother Shah Yemen Khanum was a grandchild of a famous poet Molla Vali Vidadi. In August 1876 he entered Tiflis military school and graduated in 1883. He then finished Mikhaylovsky Artillery School in Saint Petersburg in 1886, received the rank of podporuchik and was assigned to 39th artillery brigade, located in Alexandropol. In the course of military service he was promoted to poruchik, then shtabs-kapitan and appointed as commander of the training team. In 1900, Captain Shikhlinski was transferred to Transbaikal artillery battalion. He took part in China Relief Expedition of the Russian army.

During the Russo-Japanese War Shikhlinski was the commander of an artillery battery. He especially distinguished himself during the siege of Port Arthur when, despite being severely wounded in his leg, he personally aimed the guns which lost their guncrews and repulsed attacks of superior Japanese forces. For the services in battle on September 28, 1905, he was decorated with the Order of Saint George 4th degree. He was also awarded a golden sword and conferred the rank of lieutenant-colonel.