Khanbika Khanum
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| Born | Khanbika Khanum 1856 |
| Died | 1921 (aged 64–65) |
| Occupation | Poet |
Khanbika Khanum (b. 1856, Shusha, Russian Empire - d. Aghdam, Azerbaijan SSR, 1921) was an Azerbaijani-speaking poet of the Javanshir clan.
Family
She was born in 1856 in the city of Shusha. Researcher Beylar Mammadov claims that her real name was Fatmabika. In 1872, she married Colonel Amanulla Khan, a descendant of Nakhchivan Khans. Akbar Nakhchivanski, her son from this marriage, donated to the museum the figures, the ivory chessman that Alexandre Dumas gave to Khurshidbanu Natavan. After the death of Colonel Amanulla Khan (1845-1891), she married the merchant Jabbar Alasgarov.
She belonged to the Karabakh khans on her mother's side, and the Qumuq khans on her father's side. Her father was a Kumyk major-general, Khasay Khan Utsmiyev (1808–1866). Her grandfather Mehdigulu Khan was the last khan of Karabakh. Her mother was an Azerbaijani poet and philanthropist.[1][2] Her brother Mehdigulu Khan Vafa was a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army and authored poetry under pseudonym Vafa (Persian: وفا, lit. 'Loyal').[3]
She died in 1921 and was buried in the Imarat cemetery, which is the cemetery of the family of Karabakh khans.[4]