Agha-Alizadeh

[1][2][3] He was born on 22 October 1871, in the village of Pirshagi in the city of Baku in the spiritual family of Haji Muhammad Javad, who was one of the famous religious figures of his time.

[1] In 1896, at the age of 25, having successfully completed his studies at the spiritual university in Najaf and having earned the title of akhund, Agha Alizade returned to his homeland and was assigned to one of the mosques in the Old City.

[1] In 1918, by order of the Special Minister of Social Security Musa bey Rafiyev, Agha-Alizadeh was appointed shaykh al-Islam while his father Haji Javad was the chairman of the religious council of the Baku Governorate.

[4] In 1918, like his predecessor Pishnamazzadeh he demanded that the leaders of the Mashikhat organization[2] be paid at the ministerial level and that the number of members of the central apparatus be increased to 15, but received no answer.

[6] On 25 May 1944, the first congress of the Caucasian Muslims Board was convened where in the course of a vote held on 28 May 1944, akhund Agha Alizadeh was again re-elected shaykh al-Islam of the Caucasus.