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 Karabakh poet Khurshidbanu Natavan.
Life
Mehdigulu was born in 1855 in Shusha in 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 instinctivity 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 (azeri)
Mehdiqulu xan Dağıstanı(Vəfa)- öz dövrünün məşhur farsca yazan şairlərdən idi
- ↑ Zaman ASkerliAgain about Natavan (azeri)
External links
- Grandson of Khasay and Natavan (Russian)
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