page_title: Mehdigulu Khan Vafa
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Mehdigulu Khan Vafa / Family
caption_attribution_description: Հայերեն: Շուշիի հին ավերակներից This is a photo of a monument in Armenia identified by the ID NK3/2
context_page_description: Mehdigulu Khan Utsmiyev was a lyrical poet of Azerbaijan of Kumyk descent, a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army. He authored poetry under pseudonym Vafa.
context_section_description: He married his 2nd cousin Saltanatbeyim Javanshir (daughter of Karim agha Javanshir (1826-1907), a grandson of Ibrahim Khalil Khan) in 1871 and had a son and 3 daughters:
  Agha Bike (August 1873 - 1942) — married Akbar Mirza Qajar (grandson of Bahman Mirza 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 (her own niece Dilshad's daughter) and later Sofia Yastremskoy
  Mehdi Utsmiev (6 February 1906, Shusha - 17 January 1993, Moscow)
  Said Utsmiev (6 January 1907, Tbilisi - 15 August 1998)
  Leyla Utsmieva (19 September 1910 - 8 June 1996, Baku)
caption: Utsmiev's Palace in Shusha
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