Mehdigulu Khan Vafa
Mehdigulu Khan Khasay Khan oglu Utsmiyev (Azerbaijani: Mehdiqulu xan Xasay xan oğlu Üsmiyev; 1855, Shusha – 1900, Tiflis) was a lyrical poet of Azerbaijan, a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army, and the son of the Karabakh poet Khurshidbanu Natavan.
Life
Mehdigulu was born in 1855 in Shusha in the family of a major-general, Khasay Khan Utsmiyev (1808–1866).[1] In 1859, Alexandre Dumas wrote about him: "a five- or six-year-old boy probably instinctively holding a dagger ... This was a really sharp dagger, which a French mother would never give to her child."[This quote needs a citation]
He served in the Russian Army and became a lieutenant colonel. He married Saltanatbeyim Karim qizi Jevanshir and had four children: a son Khasay, and three daughters: Agabike, Bilgeysbike and Azizabike. He wrote with the name "Vafa", what means loyal.
He died in 1900 in Tiflis.
Lyrics
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 ...
Khurshidbanu Natavan about him
Mehdigulu's mother Khurshidbanu Natavan missed him, and wrote a poem saying that she is ready to give her life in order to 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.
References
- ^ Azerbaijani generals
Maj-Gen. Khasay Khan Usmiyev (1808–1866), husband of famous Karabakh poet Natavan. Their son, Mehdiqulu, born in 1855 in Shusha, became a Lt-Colonel in the Russian Army.
- ^ Рагим Никбет. Персоязычные поэты Карабаха[permanent dead link] (azeri)
Mehdiqulu xan Dağıstanı(Vəfa)- öz dövrünün məşhur farsca yazan şairlərdən idi
- ^ Zaman ASkerliAgain about Natavan Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (azeri)
External links
- Grandson of Khasay and Natavan (Russian)
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