As a result of the excavation in the district, ancient necropolis as well as settlements which belong to V-I, V-II, and I B.C were found in Surra, Javad, Abdulyan, Garatepe, Guruzma, Garagashil, Bulagli, Zangana and Galagayin.

Materials that were found in the “Shahargah” place of the village show that the ancient findings belong to the 11th-12th centuries.

On October 7, 1931, Petropavlokva was renamed after the famous Azerbaijani satirical poet M.A.Sabir with the decree of the Azerbaijan Central Executive Committee.

The downtown was renamed a town-type settlement on November 7, 1952, and since December 4, 1959, the district has been called Sabirabad.

A part of the rayon's territory is on the right coast of the Kura River, in Shirvan plain.

[5] The low-lying area is dependent on canals and dams whose damage during 2010 caused waters from Lake Sarisu to flood several of the region's villages.

[9] More than 13 percent of the population (about 46,6 persons) consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.

One of the oldest monuments on Sabirabad is Bad Samid's tomb, which was built in the 16th century.