Shukriyya Suleyman gizi Bejanidze was born to an ethnic Adjarian noble house in 1902 in the city of Batumi, then part of the Caucasus viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, modern day Georgia.

[7] On the night of 3 June 1937, Ahmad and his wife Shukriyya were arrested with accusations of trying to spread Musavat-inspired nationalism in young Azerbaijani poets.

[17] After returning from exile, she believed for several years that Ahmad Javad was still alive, making several appeals to various state authorities and the head of the USSR Council of Ministers, in an attempt to meet with him in prison.

In 2018, a book titled Cavad və Şükriyyə dastanı (The Story of Javad and Shukriyya) written by the author Sevinc Adalatgizi was presented.

[20] In 2021, the author Ulviyya Tahir wrote a historical novel titled Şükriyyə taleyim about Shukriyya Akhundzada and her life in exile.

[23][24] The play focuses on the events that befell the wives of political prisoners during the Stalin repressions, including the tragic life of Shukriyya Javad.

Their ancestors hailed from the village of Zendidi, part of modern day Turkey, where the family had burial sites, properties, and ports.

[30] After the murder of Ahmad Javad and the exile of Shukriyya Akhundzada, their two-year-old son,[6] Yılmaz, was placed in a foster home.