His father, Karbalai Alekber Baba oghlu (1873–1933) was a merchant and the son of a Shia Muslim cleric.

After completing his education in 1952, Nabi Khazri worked as a consultant at Azerbaijan Writers Union until 1957 and in 1957–1958 as a literary worker at the editorial office of the "Literature and Art" newspaper.

Nabi Khazri was the author of "Years and coasts" (1969), "Caravan of the stars " (1979), "Generations-centuries" (1985), "White lightnings" (1986), "I swear on the soil" (1989), "The leaves of the plane tree" (1995), "The bloody tulips of the Century" (1996) and other books.

A book of selected works by Nabi Khazri was also published in Tehran in 1988 by transferring it to the Arabic alphabet by Piruz Dilanchi.

In 1972, a short documentary television film titled "Zirvə buludu" (Peak Cloud) was dedicated to Nəbi Khazri's work.