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Ahmad Huseinzadeh

Əhməd Hüseynzadə
Portrait of Sheikhulislam by Huseinzade.jpg
Portrait by Ali bey Huseynzade
Religion Islam
School Shia
Personal
Born (1812-Missing required parameter 1=month!-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! , 1812
Salyan, Qajar Iran
Died 1887 (aged 74–75)
Tbilisi, Russian Empire
Senior posting
Based in Tbilisi, Russian Empire
Title Third Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus
Period in office 1862-1884
Predecessor Fazil Iravani
Successor Mirza Hasan Tahirzadeh
Religious career
Post Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus

Ahmad Huseinzadeh (Azerbaijani: Əhməd Hüseynzadə) — third Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus, son of Mahammadali Huseinzadeh, maternal uncle of Ali bey Huseynzade.

He was born in Salyan, moved to Tbilisi after his father's appointment as Sheikh ul-Islam. He was educated in Iraq and Tbilisi.

He was appointed as Sheikh ul-Islam by Alexander II of Russia after Fazil Iravani's resignation with a monthly pension of 1600 rubles in 1862. He was appointed as head of Spiritual Council of Transcaucasian Shia Muslims, 5 April 1875. He was rewarded by third class Order of St. Vladimir in 1881. He resigned in 1884 and lived in Tbilisi where he died 3 years later.

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