Mikayil Jabrailov ( az, Mikayıl Cəbrayılov Əhmədiyyə oğlu) (April 27, 1952, Shaki,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

– December 15, 1990, Khojaly,

) was the

National Hero of Azerbaijan The National Hero of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan milli qəhrəmanı) is the highest Hero (title), national title in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The title was named on 25 March 1992, and the "Qizil Ulduz" Medal awarded as a sign of receiving this t ...

, and the warrior of the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

Biography

Mikayil Jabrayilov was born on April 27, 1952, in Okhud village of Shaki region, in the family of the legendary partisan French national hero Ahmediyya Jabrayilov in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. He started his secondary school in the village of Okhud. He was appointed as a militia officer in Sheki City Internal Affairs Department.

Military activities

On December 12, 1990, Mikail Jabrailov who was a senior police lieutenant was sent to Karabakh with his police officers. Their task was to protect the village of Jamilli which belonged to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Once, when he was in the village, he went to bring some cereals to the residents of the village with his police officers. Suddenly, the Armenian soldiers attacked them on the road between the Dzhamilli and Kosalar. One of the officers was seriously wounded by the sniper bullet. Mikayil got shot on his shoulders. Nevertheless, Mikayil continued his fight and when he tried to rescue his captured soldiers on December 15, 1990, he got killed in the battlefield. He was married and had one child.

Memorial

Mikayil Jabrailov was posthumously awarded the title of "

" by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No 831 of 6 June 1992. He was buried in Okhud village of Shaki region. There is a street in Shaki on behalf of Mikayil Jabrailov. The village of Mikayilli, where he was killed, is named after him.

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*Vüqar Əsgərov. "Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanları" (Yenidən işlənmiş II nəşr). Bakı: "Dərələyəz-M", 2010, səh.56-57. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jabrailov, Mikayil 1952 births 1990 deaths Azerbaijani military personnel Azerbaijani military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh War Azerbaijani military personnel killed in action National Heroes of Azerbaijan People from Shaki, Azerbaijan

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