Najaf was the son of Captain Khalaf Daryabandari, one of the first marine pilots of homeland. The persian Merchant Mariners’ Syndicate held a commemoration ceremony for Najaf Daryabandari and awarded him a replica of Darius the Great’s Suez Inscriptions. He started translation at the age of 17–18 with the book of William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily”.