Israfil Abulfaz oglu Gummatov (Israfil Kryzly) was born in 1951, in the village of Kryz, Guba region. In 1979 he graduated from the history department of the Azerbaijan State Pedogogical Institute.
Israfil Kryzly played a big role in the development of education, as well as in educating the younger generation in an educated and patriotic spirit.
From 1983 to 2003 he worked as the director of a secondary school in the village of Khaspoladoba, Khachmas region, from 2003 to 2006 he worked as the director of secondary school No.1 in the city of Khachmas.