Maksud Alikhanov

Maksud Alikhanov-Avarsky (Russian language: Максуд Алиханов-Аварский) (in some documents his name is spelled as Alexander Mikhailovich) (1846-1907) - Russian Lieutenant-General (April 22, 1907), Merv District Head and Tiflis Governor. The elder brother of Kaitmaz Alikhanov.

Biography
Born on November 23, 1846 in the village of Khunzakh in Dagestan, in the family of an Avar officer. As a child, he was held hostage by Shamil, after the ransom was determined in the 2nd Tiflis noble school.

Awards

 * Order of St. George (1877)
 * Order of St. Vladimir (1872, 1899)
 * Order of St. Anna (1888, 1906)
 * Order of St. Stanislaus (1904)
 * Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persia) (1884, 1900 & 1902)
 * Order of the Golden Star of Bukhara (1895)

Selected works of Alikhanov-Avarsky

 * Mervsky oasis and roads leading to it. St Petersburg, 1883
 * Visiting the Shah. Essays on Persia. Tiflis, 1898
 * Hike in Khiva (Caucasian troops). Steppe and oasis. St Petersburg, 1899
 * Tarihi Derbend-Nama. Tiflis, 1898.
 * Author of numerous illustrations, articles and reports in periodicals.