Upon seeing the name of the Muslim woman on the list, an Azerbaijani journalist and intellectual, Hasan bey Zardabi decides to go to Tbilisi to meet her.

[2] While they were in Zardab, Malikova devoted herself to teaching women in her community sewing and knitting, as well as literacy skills.

Additionally, she nurtured children, established women's advisory centers in various villages, and successfully saved 132 individuals from lifelong blindness within the Zardab community.

[7] In 1881, Hanifa Melikova and Hasan bey Zardabi established a free school in their home in Zardab where they provided education and knowledge to people.

[4] At that time, the Melikov family was enduring harassment and persecution from local religious authorities and Armenian merchants residing in Zardab.

[1][2] She was initially buried in the city cemetery, but later her body was transferred next to the grave of her husband, Hasan bey Zardabi, in the Alley of Honor.

Their eldest daughter, Pari Malikova, became the wife of the first parliamentary speaker of the ADR, Alimardan bey Topchubashov.