[1] Although official documents refer to his birthplace and birthdate as 25 May 1820, Yelisavetpol (Ganja), he was probably born in September 1819 in Nukha to noble Khoyski family.

[3] His mother Sarabayim was his father's first cousin and a daughter of Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli.

He was educated at home and entered serving as naib in the Transcaucasian Equestrian Muslim regiment (1 December [O.S.

He took part in the Caucasian War in 1846 and next year he was sent to serve as a cornet in the Life Guards.

While he was still alive, he built a mausoleum for his family in the Sabiskar cemetery in Elisabethpol.