After the events of
Black January, Maharramov created voluntary self-defense groups, who with his personal participation rose to defend the
Azerbaijani territories. He was appointed commander of the
mine detectors military unit 859 on 7 March 1992 and freed the villages of
Aranzəmin,
Pirjamal and
Dəhrəz from Armenian occupation. On 24 June 1992, he was badly injured during fight in the village of
Naxçıvanlı but returned to front line after recovering from his injuries. However, he forced to quit fighting after his health condition worsened on 27 October 1993. ==Death==