Mehdigulu Khan Vafa

Mehdigulu Khan Vafa
Mehdigulu in the 1880s
Born	Mehdigulu Khan Utsmiev 1855 Shusha, Elisabethpol Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty
Died	8 September 1900 (1900-09-09) (aged 45) 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').