Mirgazanfer Ibragimov (Azerbaijani: Axund Mirqəzənfər İbrahimov) is the 11th Sheikh ul-Islam, akhund[1] and the chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus and the only Sheikh who did not receive a religious education.[2][3]

Mirgazanfer Ibragimov
Personal
Born1909
Died1979 or 1980
ReligionIslam
Parent
  • Mir-Alekper Ibragimov (father)
SchoolShia
Muslim leader
Period in office1978—1979
PredecessorAli-Agha Suleymanzadeh
SuccessorAllahshukur Pashazadeh
PostSheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus

Biography

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Mirgazanfer Ibragimov was born in 1909 in the family of Mir-Alekper Ibragimov in the city of Baku, Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire. In his youth, he was more inclined towards worldly sciences, in his youth he worked for some time in the police department. Later, Sheikh al-Islam Ali-agha Suleymanzade accepted him, he successfully passed the exams and for some time served as akhund in the mosque in Quba, and later was sent as akhund to the mosque in Ganja.[3] After that, Mirgazanfer worked as deputy chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus. After the death of Ali Agha Suleymanzadeh in 1976, the place of Sheikh al-Islam was empty for 2 years.

Mirgazanfer Ibragimov, who at that time was the akhund of the Goycha mosque,[4] was nominated at the 7th Congress of Muslims of Transcaucasia convened in 1978, and was elected the new chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus with the title of Sheikh al-Islam.[2]

He died in 1979 or 1980[5] in Baku.[2] The Religious Council of the Caucasus entered an active period after 1980 with the election of Sheikh al-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Axund, imam, şeyx və molla sözlərinin izahları". Axund, imam, şeyx və molla sözlərinin izahları. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  2. ^ a b c "İki şeyxülislamın illər öncə çəkilmiş - Fotosu". Axar.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  3. ^ a b Cavid Əliyev. "İki Şeyxülislam bir arada Allahşükür Paşazadənin". son.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  4. ^ ".:: qafqazislam.com ::. Qafqaz Müsəlmanları İdarəsi". qafqazislam.com (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  5. ^ "İki Şeyxülislam bir arada - Allahşükür Paşazadənin əvəz etdiyi QMİ sədri... - FOTO". Milli.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  6. ^ "Haci fuad iZZƏt oğlu nurullayev şeyxüLİslamliq ziRVƏSİ: haci allahşÜKÜr paşazadə - səhifə 39". genderi.org (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2023-01-19.