Mahammad Hasan Ismayil oghlu Movlazadeh Shakavi (Azerbaijani: محمد حسن اسماعیل اوغلی مولازاده شکوی, Məhəmməd Həsən İsmayıl oğlu Mövlazadə Şəkəvi) was a noble Azerbaijani religious leader, alim and scholar who was the sixth Sheikh ul-Islam (Islamic Leader) of the Caucasus and the first scholar who translated Quran into the Azerbaijani language and provided detailed commentary and interpretation.
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 Gregorian calendars in Persian.
In 1908 Mahammad Hasan Movlazada had been elected as the sixth Sheikh ul-Islam of Muslims of the Caucasus.
[1] Movlazada Mahammad Hasan Ismayil oglu Shakavi died in 1932 in Tbilisi.