 After Sovietization, Molla Nasreddin was under increasing pressure to toe the Soviet party line unwilling to comply to the demand" Molla Nasraddin" stopped it published in 1931.Mammadguluzadeh's satirical style influenced the development of this genre in the Middle East.Writers of the first satirical magazines in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan were influenced by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh and "Molla Nasraddin"

In 1907, the twice-widowed Mammadguluzadeh married Azerbaijani philanthropist and feminist-activist Hamida Javanshir.