Agha Alizade

Agha Alizadeh (Azerbaijani: Ağa Cavad oğlu Əlizadə) was the 8th Sheikh ul-Islam of the Religious Council of the Caucasus and the first Sheikh al-Islam of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920).

Early years 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. In 1918, like his predecessor Pishnamazzadeh he demanded that the leaders of the Mashikhat organization

Second term In 1943, by decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR the Caucasian Muslims Board, whose activities were terminated in 1920 was restored and Agha Alizadeh was elected to the post of chairman of the Board. 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.