[1] On 19 January 2002, by the decree of the President Heydar Aliyev, Mirzayev was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.

[2] On 29 April 2015, as the commander of the Special Forces, Major General Mirzayev, took part in the ceremony of presenting battle flags to the newly created military units of the Azerbaijani Special Forces.

[4] On 4 October 2020, President Ilham Aliyev, in his position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, congratulated Mirzayev, as well as Major General Mais Barkhudarov, and the personnel they led on the capture of the city of Jabrayil and nine villages of Jabrayil District.

[7] On 10 December, Mirzayev led the servicemen of the Special Forces of the Ministry of Defense who marched in the Baku Victory Parade.

[8] On January 11, 2024, Hikmat Mirzayev was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Defense and commander of the Azerbaijani Land Forces.