Mahammad Hasan Movlazadeh Shakavi

Movlazadeh Mahammad Hasan Shakavi (1854–1932)

Movlazadeh Mahammad Hasan Ismayil oglu Shakavi (Azerbaijani: Mövlazadə Məhəmməd Həsən Ismayıl oğlu Şəkəvi, محمد مولازاده) is considered a noble Azerbaijani religious leader, alim and scholar who was the first Sheikh ul-Islam (Islamic Leader) of the Caucasus and the first scholar who translated Koran into Azerbaijani language and provided it’s detailed commentary and interpretation.

Mahammad Hasan was born in 1854. He received his first religious education at Shaki mollakhane, which he later continued at Ganja Madrasa. After graduation from madrasah he served for a few years as mullah (mosque leaders) of Ganja Jum’a mosque. He later decided to continue his education and for this purpose traveled to Iraq where he advanced his degree in religion studies.

In 1891 he returned to the Caucasus and published the first joint Hijri and Christian calendars in Persian.

In 1893 Mahammad Hasan Movlazadeh started teaching Islamic religious law (Shariat and Fiqh) at Tiflis Muslim Religious Scholl. He later served as Ghazi of Jabrayil, Ganja, Tiflis and Kutaisi regions.

In 1908 Mahammad Hasan Movlazadeh had been elected as the First Sheikh ul-Islam of Muslims of the Caucasus.

In 1908 in Tiflis he publishes “Kitab əl-bəyan fi təfsir əl-Quran” - the two-volume edition of Koran’s translation and tafsir (commentary). This work has been re-published in Baku in 1990.^[1]

Movlazadeh Mahammad Hasan Ismayil oglu Shakavi died in 1932.

References

1. ^ Kitab Əl-Bəyan fi Təfsir Əl-Quran: 3-cü nəşr: 2-ci cild: ərəb., fars / Mütərcim Şeyxul-İslam Məhəmməd Həsən Mövlaza Deyi-Şəkəvi.-B.: Azərnəşr, 1990.-492 s.; 24 sm.-Q.y., n. y.-(90-751),

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Name	Shakavi, Mahammad Hasan
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Date of birth	1854
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Date of death	1932
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