He served as a member of parliament for the second Russian State Duma in 1907 and was Deputy Secretary of the Azerbaijani National Council at its initiation in 1918.

He received primary education in Kürdəmir and Göyçay, finally enrolling at prestigious Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary, graduating from it in 1899.

He switched to politics in 1907 when he was elected to Second Duma of Russian Empire representing the Baku Governorate from the CDP.

[4] He briefly returned to pedagogy in 1910 before switching to Musavat and getting elected to Sejm of Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic on 9 February 1918.

He was Deputy Secretary of the Azerbaijani National Council prior to dissolution of fragile Transcaucasian DFR.