After Alexander III's death in 1896 the oil baron sent a very expensive gift to the newly crowned Emperor Nicholas II's wife Alexandra Fyodorovna imploring her help.

The architectural style of the boarding school was designed by Józef Gosławski in 1896, and the construction began two years later, costing 184,000 roubles (all of which was provided by Taghiyev).

Upon the return of Taghiyev's envoy, the oil baron organized another meeting with Baku's imams presenting them with signatures of the eight world-renowned Islamic scholars whose teachings they were abiding by.

The students were taught mathematics, geography, music, drama, Russian and Azerbaijani languages, as well as religion, needlework, housekeeping skills and other disciplines.

[4] The institute collects, systematizes, stores and publishes analytical works related to many historical documents and exhibits that are kept in its archives.