Fatali Khan was born on December 7, 1875 in Shaki to the noble family of Isgender Khoyski, a lieutenant-general in the Russian Army. The distinguished ancestry of the Khoyski family goes back to the khans of Khoy, which also became the root for this family name.[1]
After receiving his school education at Ganja gymnasium, Fatali Khan studied at the Law Faculty of the Moscow University, from which he graduated in 1901.
Fatali-khan Khoyski was assassinated in Tbilisi in September 1920. His burial ceremony was done by Iranian consulate in Tbilisi.[2]
^ "Storm over the Caucas : A glance at the Iranian regional relations with the republics of Azerbiajan, Armenia and Georgia in the first period of independence 1917-1921" ( In Persian), Kaveh Bayat, The center for documents and diplomatic history, Tehran 2001, First ed., ISBN 964-361-065-9, p. 410
