Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te tau 1914, ka mutu a Aliyarbayov i te kura hoia o Tiflis i te akomanga 1st. I te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i mahi a Aliyarbayov hei tuarua tuarua i roto i te 205th Shamakhi Infantry Regiment o te 52nd Infantry Division i te Runga Rāwhiti. I muri mai ka whakahau ia i tetahi kamupene me te ope taua o te ope taua, e whawhai ana i roto i nga pakanga maha. I whara kino a Aliyarbayov i te waenganui o te tau 1916 i te whakaeke a Brusilov
Ko tōna whara tuawhā tēnei mai i te tīmatanga o te pakanga. I tukuna ia ki Brest mo te maimoatanga hauora, i muri mai ka haere ia ki Baku.