Mehdigulu Khan Vafa | |
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 Mehdigulu in the 1880s | |
| Born | Mehdigulu Khan Utsmiev 1855 Shusha, Elisabethpol Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty |
| Died | 8 September 1900 (aged 44) Tbilisi, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty |
| Wars and battles | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) |
| Noble family | Utsmiev (paternally) Javanshir clan (maternally) |
| Father | Khasay Khan Utsmiyev |
| Mother | Khurshidbanu Natavan |
Mehdigulu Khan Utsmiyev (Azerbaijani: Mehdiqulu xan Xasay xan oğlu Üsmiyev; 1855, Shusha – 1900, Tiflis) was a lyrical poet of Azerbaijan of Kumyk and Javanshir descent, a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army. He authored poetry under pseudonym Vafa (Persian: وفا, lit. 'Loyal').