Background
Jafarov was born on March 14, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Jafarov was born on March 14, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
After completion of his secondary education, Jafarov studied in at Moscow State University graduating with a cum laude degree in law in 1912.
He was the younger brother of a prominent professor and journalist, Ali Isgender Jafarzadeh. While in Moscow, he was one of the organizers of regular ethnic Azerbaijani concerts and co-founders of Azerbaijani diaspora organizations. Russian Empire
In Saint St. Petersburg, he joined Constitutional Democratic Party (also known as Kadets).
While in the Duma, he repeatedly criticized Tsar"s government for their unjust colonization policy in Azerbaijan.
On March 9, immediately after Russia"s February Revolution, the interim government established the Transcaucasian Committee of the Duma. On November 15, 1917, he was appointed Commissar of Industry and Trade of Transcaucasian Commissariat.
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
When Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was proclaimed on May 28, 1918, Jafarov was appointed the Minister of Industry and Trade within the new Cabinet of Azerbaijan established by Prime Minister Fatali Khan Khoyski. When the first cabinet was dissolved, he left his post and later served as a diplomatic representative of Azerbaijan in the Georgian government.
On March 14, 1919, Jafarov was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan by the new government of Prime Minister Nasib Yusifbeyli.
Jafarov is credited for his extensive work in disseminating the information about Azerbaijan in the international community. In December of the same year, Jafarov resigned as the cabinet of Yusifbeyli dissolved. In February 1920, he was appointed Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Azerbaijan.
He signed the documents of peaceful surrender of Azerbaijani government to Bolsheviks.
Soviet Azerbaijan
During the Soviet rule of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Jafarov retired from politics and worked as legal counselor at Azerbaijani wine making and cotton-wool trusts. He died on May 15, 1938 in Baku.
In October 1919, he joined the Musavat party.
Jafarov was one of the members of the committee managed the industrial and economic operations.