Background
Mehdigulu Khan was born into a family of Ibrahimkhalil Khan of Karabakh and Khurshud Beyim – a granddaughter of Shahverdi Khan of Ganja and daughter of Javad Khan.
Mehdigulu Khan was born into a family of Ibrahimkhalil Khan of Karabakh and Khurshud Beyim – a granddaughter of Shahverdi Khan of Ganja and daughter of Javad Khan.
In July 1805, he was promoted to major-general by the order of Alexander I, after the treaty of Kurakchay about conversion of Karabakh khanate to Russia was signed. In November, 1822 he escaped to Iran. The Khanate was abolished and transformed into a province of the Russian Empire.