Mehdigulu Khan Khasay Khan oglu Utsmiyev (Azerbaijani: Mehdiqulu xan Xasay xan oğlu Usmiyev; 1855, Shusha – 1900, Tiflis) is a lyrical poet of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Army, son of a famous Karabakh poetess Khurshidbanu Natavan.
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Mehdigulu was born in 1855 in Shusha in family of a Major-General Khasay Khan Utsmiyev (1808—1866)[1] During his childhood becoming in their house in 1859 Alexandre Dumas wrote about him: "a five-six-years boy probably instinctivity holding a dagger... This was a really sharp dagger, which French mother never gives for her childe."
He served in Russian Army and became a Lieutenant Colonel. He was married with Saltanatbeyim Karim qizi Jevanshir and had four children: son Khasay, and three daughters: Agabike, Bilgeysbike and Azizabike. He wrote with the name "Vafa", what means loyal.
He died in 1900 in Tiflis.
Some of his lyrics he wrote also in Persian[2]:
…کی باشد آنکه بخت سیه باز من شود
تا توتیای دیده کنم خاک کربلا
یارب مباد آنکه کنم خاک کربلا
دست وفا ز دامن اولاد مرتضی …
Mehdigulu last time of his life was far away from home, from Shusha. His mother Khurshidbanu Natavan missed him, and wrote a poem about it, where she says that she is ready to give her life for see him.[3]:
Varımdı sinədə dərdü qəmi-nəhan, ölürəm,
Fəda olum sənə, gəl eylə imtəhan, ölürəm.
Fəraqdan gecələr yatmaram səbahə kimi,
Xəyali — zülfünə bağlı gedibdir can, ölürəm.
Çəkirdim həsrətini, görmədim, xudahafiz!
Olubdur indi işim naləvü fəğan, ölürəm.
Maj-Gen. Khasay Khan Usmiyev (1808—1866), husband of famous Karabakh poetess, Natavan. Their son, Mehdiqulu, born in 1855 in Shusha, became a Lt-Colonel in the Russian Army.
Mehdiqulu xan Dağıstanı(Vəfa)- öz dövrünün məşhur farsca yazan şairlərdən idi