[3] The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Javad uezd in 1917 were as follows:[4][5] Javad uezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.

[7] According to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 94,690 people lived in the uezd, mainly Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis).

[8] According to the Russian Empire Census, the Javad uezd had a population of 90,043 on 28 January [O.S.

The majority of the population indicated Tatar[c] to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.

[11] According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Javad uezd had a population of 162,305 on 14 January [O.S.