Vakilov was born in 1899 in Salahlı village located in the Qazakh district of the Elisavetpol Governorate.

He graduated from the Baku gymnasium and entered the Law Department of the Moscow State University in 1912.

His uncle Mammad Rza Vakilov and close relative Alimardan Topchubashev played significant role in his ideological development.

He was a member of Financial Budgetary Appropriations Commission within the parliament along with Mammad Emin Rasulzade and Nariman Narimanbeyov.

Vakilov then served in the 5th cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic under Nasib Yusifbeyli as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.