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Mehdigulu Khan Utsmiyev ( az, Mehdiqulu xan Xasay xan oğlu Üsmiyev; 1855, Shusha – 1900,
He enrolled in military in 1871 and received silver medal same year "For greeting the Sovereign Emperor in Tiflis in 1871". He was later to promoted to '' Praporshchik'' on 9 November 1871. By 1876 he continued on cavalry branch, assigned to a squadron. In 1877, he was put under commander of Caucasus Military District for special assignments.
Joining Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, he usually fought under Iosif Gurko, who led the spearhead of the Russian invasion, took Tarnovo on July 7, crossed the
Tiflis
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) was a lyrical poet
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of Azerbaijan
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of Kumyk and Javanshir descent, a lieutenant colonel
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in the Imperial Russian Army. He authored poetry under pseudonym ''Vafa'' ().
Life
Mehdigulu was born in 1855 in Shusha in the family of a Kumyk major-general,Khasay khan Utsmiyev
Khasay Khan Utsmiyev (, ) was an Imperial Russian general of Kumyk origin.
Life and career
He was born on 3 April 1808, to Musa Khan Utsmiyev, ethnic Kumyk Prince of Aqsay as his middle son. He had an elder brother named Sultan Murad (d. 184 ...
(1808–1866) and Azerbaijani
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poetess Khurshidbanu Natavan
Khurshidbanu Natavan ( az, خورشیدبانو ناتوان / Xurşidbanu Natəvan; 6 August 1832 – 2 October 1897) was an Azerbaijani poet and philanthropist. She is considered one of the best lyrical poets of Azerbaijan. Her poems are in ei ...
. He was named after Mehdigulu Khan, last khan of Karabakh Khanate
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.
In 1859, Alexandre Dumas
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wrote about him: "a five- or six-year-old boy probably instinctively holding a kinjal... This was a really sharp dagger, which a French mother would never give to her child."
Military career
He enrolled in military in 1871 and received silver medal same year "For greeting the Sovereign Emperor in Tiflis in 1871". He was later to promoted to '' Praporshchik'' on 9 November 1871. By 1876 he continued on cavalry branch, assigned to a squadron. In 1877, he was put under commander of Caucasus Military District for special assignments.
Joining Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, he usually fought under Iosif Gurko, who led the spearhead of the Russian invasion, took Tarnovo on July 7, crossed the Balkans
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by the Haim Boaz pass—which debouches
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near Hainkyoi—and, despite considerable resistance, captured Uflani, Maglizh
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He married his 2nd cousin Saltanatbeyim Javanshir (daughter of Karim agha Javanshir (1826-1907), a grandson of
* 
4th class 
3rd class 3rd class 
4th class 
3rd class Order of the Lion and the Sun (30 September 1881)
* 2nd class 2nd class
Grandson of Khasay and Natavan
(Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vafa, Mehdigulu Khan 1855 births 1900 deaths Azerbaijani poets Writers from Shusha Military personnel from Shusha Persian-language poets 19th-century poets Azerbaijani people of Kumyk descent Burials at Pantheon of prominent Azerbaijanis
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, which was evacuated by the Turks the following day. He returned to Caucasus after Treaty of Berlin and received awards for his bravery and participation.
He was transferred to the Life Guards Cossack Regiment of His Majesty with rank of cornet
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on April 21, 1879. He served as from 1890 to 1895 '' Rittmeister'' of the army cavalry and as adjutant to commander of Caucasus Military District. Later in 1895, he received his highest rank of lieutenant colonel
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. He served as staff officer from 1897 to 1900 of Caucasus Military District.
According to his service record, he Utsmiev owned a family estate consisting of two houses in the city of Shusha, two caravanserais near Khankendi
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, gardens, mills, and also an uninhabited estate acquired with his sister in Khasavyurt. He was also granted estates in the Shusha: Malıbəyli
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Ref ...
, Qiyaslı, Xıdırlı, Bilaghan, Ahmadvar, Qarvand-Meydan, Salvard
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, Qaraqoyunlu, İlxıçılar, etc. He died in 1900 in Tiflis
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and was buried in Aghdam
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.
Family
He married his 2nd cousin Saltanatbeyim Javanshir (daughter of Karim agha Javanshir (1826-1907), a grandson of Ibrahim Khalil Khan
Ibrahim Khalil khan Javanshir (1732–1806) was an Azerbaijani Turkic khan of the Karabakh Khanate from the Javanshir family, who succeeded his father Panah-Ali khan Javanshir as the ruler of the khanate.
Early life
He was born in c. 1732 in ...
) in 1871 and had a son and 3 daughters:
# Agha Bike (August 1873 - 1942) — married Akbar Mirza Qajar (grandson of Bahman Mirza
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via Reza Qoli Mirza)
## Reza Qoli Mirza
## Rukn al-Din Mirza
## Dilshad Qajar — Maid of Honour to Empress Maria Alexandrovna, married to Isgandar bey Rustambayov
## Saray Melik
# Bilgeyisbike (July 1874 - )
# Azizabike (b. January 1876)
# Khasay Utsmiev (28 August 1881 - 6 October 1925) — married Sariyya Rustambayova (his own niece Dilshad's daughter) and later Sofia Yastremskoy
## Mehdi Utsmiev (6 February 1906, Shusha - 17 January 1993, Moscow
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)
## Said Utsmiev (6 January 1907, Tbilisi
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- 15 August 1998)
## Leyla Utsmieva (19 September 1910 - 8 June 1996, Baku
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)
4th class Order of St. Anna
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with inscription "For Bravery" (25 September 1877)
* 3rd class Order of St. Stanislaus
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with sword and bow (25 September 1877)
* 3rd class Order of St. Anna
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with sword and bow (3 November 1877)
* 4th class Order of St. Vladimir
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(3 November 1877)
* Order of the Cross of Takovo
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History
It was instituted in the Principality of Serbia in 1865 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which had started in Takovo, Serbi ...
(awarded by Milan I of Serbia on 21 February 1880)
* 3rd class Order of the Lion and the Sun (30 September 1881)
* 2nd class Order of St. Stanislaus
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(30 August 1887)
* 2nd class Order of St. Anna
The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holst ...
(30 August 1891)
* Light bronze medal in memory of Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 (awarded by Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III ( rus, Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович, r=Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 18 ...
on unknown date)
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Grandson of Khasay and Natavan
(Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vafa, Mehdigulu Khan 1855 births 1900 deaths Azerbaijani poets Writers from Shusha Military personnel from Shusha Persian-language poets 19th-century poets Azerbaijani people of Kumyk descent Burials at Pantheon of prominent Azerbaijanis