Background
Mehdigulu was born in 1855 in Shusha in family of a Major-General Khasay Khan Utsmiyev (1808—1866) In 1859, Alexandre Dumas wrote about him: "a five or six year-old boy probably instinctivity holding a dagger.
Mehdigulu was born in 1855 in Shusha in family of a Major-General Khasay Khan Utsmiyev (1808—1866) In 1859, Alexandre Dumas wrote about him: "a five or six year-old boy probably instinctivity holding a dagger.
He served in the Russian Army and became a lieutenant colonel. He wrote with the name "Vafa", what means loyal. He died in 1900 in Tiflis.
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: 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.