He started the military service as a cornet in the cavalry on 12 April 1874 and on July 7, 1874, he was already rose to second-in-command of the 13th Yerevan Grenadier Regiment.

He participated in various battles and skirmishes, including the bombardment of Ardahan and the assault on the Gelaverdi Heights (4 May), the Capture of Ardahan (5 May), the repulsion of the Turks from Kars and the affair at Melin-Key (28 May), the repulsion of the Turks from the northern forts of Kars (May 30), the bombardment of the northeastern forts of Kars-Arab, Karadag and Mukhlis (4 June), the affair at Kizil-Gul (September 19), the battle with the Turkish army on the Alacadağ heights and at the mountains of Lesser and Greater Yahni (20-22 September), taking advanced Turkish positions from the villages of Hacıveli and Subatan, cavalry charge at Mount İnahtepesi (27 September), etc.

He also took part in Battle of Geok Tepe from 22 July 1880 to 25 May 1881,[4] for which he was awarded silver medals and promoted to staff captain.

His funeral ceremony was attended by Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Aleksander Mirza Qajar as well as staff of Persian embassy.

His only son was Feyzullah Mirza Qajar, who, like his father, served in the Imperial Russian army (and later in that of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic).