Career
After completing his secondary education in 2005, Ibrahimov was drafted to Azerbaijani Armed Forces serving from 2006 through 2007. In September 2009, he entered the courses for warrants, after which he served in Naftalan. On June 19, Ibrahimov was killed in a shootout along the frontline between Azerbaijani and Armenian and Karabakh forces.
Four Armenian soldiers also died in the shootout.
An Azerbaijani Defense Ministry press release said Mubariz Ibrahimov died while fighting back against Armenian soldiers in the Chayli village of the Terter region. The Armenian side took Ibrahimov"s body and has not returned lieutenant" Armenia states Ibrahimov was shot dead in Armenian-controlled territory which proves the fighting was provoked by Azerbaijani forces.
The body of Mubariz Ibrahimov remained under Armenian control for a few months. The spokesman of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan Teymour Abdullayev alleged that "Armenia repeatedly claimed that the soldier’s body is not in their hand and they even didn’t abstain to mislead the international organizations".
On August 2, photos, which are claimed to be Ibrahimov’s body, were placed on Internet by the Armenians".
Finally the body was returned to Azerbaijan on November 6 following the agreement reached by presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Astrakhan in October 2010. Mubariz Ibrahimov was buried at the second Alley of Honors in Baku. The funeral was attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
On July 22, 2010 President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree that conferred Ibrahimov with the status of national hero.
The Cabinet of Ministers is empowered to ensure the naming of one of the secondary schools of Bilesuvar after Mubariz Ibrahimov and the executive powers of Bilesuvar are empowered to ensure the naming of one of the streets after Mubariz Ibrahimov. A documentary about his life was also proposed by Member of Parliament Ganira Pashayeva.
On 15 June 2011, a four-meter tall granite statue of Mubariz Ibrahimov sponsored by Central Bank of Azerbaijan was unveiled in front of school named after him. An armada class tanker in Turkey also bears his name.
The Turkish television series Sakarya Fırat has made several references to Ibrahimov.
A ship named Mubariz İbrahimov in fleet of Turkish oil shipping company Palmali Group of Companies.