Rzayev participated in battles around the Khramort, Khanabad, Askeran and Karakand villages. Khojaly was captured by ethnic Armenian forces on 26 February 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. At least 161 ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly were killed by Armenian soldiers on 26 February 1992.[3] Janpolad voluntarily went to the Khojaly to help hundreds of Azerbaijani civilians fleeing from the town.
Honors
Janpolad Yagub ogly Rzayev was posthumously awarded the title of the "National Hero of Azerbaijan" by Presidential Decree No. 833 dated 7 June 1992.[4]
He was buried at a Martyrs' Lane cemetery in Agdam District.