Hailing from noble family, he was born posthumously to his father Hasan Ali Agha and his mother Khatun in Shusha, 1848.

Being influenced by Saadi, Ferdowsi, Nizami and Khaqani, he started to experiment with ghazals and mukhammas.

In order to introduce his students Russian literature, he frequently translated from authors Alexander Izmaylov, Ivan Krylov[1] and Lev Mojalevsky into Azerbaijani, being first to do so.

He contributed to "Vatan dili" (Mother Language) textbook with 11 original and 23 translated (mainly from Ivan Krylov) poetry examples.

After recover, he was tasked with collecting Karabakh poetry by Shusha Department of People's Education Commissariat of Azerbaijan.