Əhməd Hüseynzadə | |
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Portrait by Ali bey Huseynzade
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Religion | Islam |
School | Shia |
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Born |
Salyan, Qajar Iran |
Missing required parameter 1=month! , 1812
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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