Muhsin Hakimzadeh

Muhsin Hakimzadeh (Azerbaijani: Mirmöhsün Həkimzadə, 1882–1967) is the 9th Shaykh al-Islam and the chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus.

Biography

Early years Mirmuhsin was born in the family of sheikh Ali in 1882 in the city of Shamakhi. He received his first primary education in his father's house, later he was sent to the cities of Mashhad and Najaf to continue his education. After seven years of excellent education in Mashhad, he was awarded the title of akhund and then sheikh. but his writings, which were taken with him in Baku were burned. After this incident Mirmuhsin permanently moved to Baku and began working as a laborer in some places, fleeing repression. After the establishment of the spiritual administration in 1943, akhunds who had escaped the repressions of 1937 were invited here, then akhund Mirmuhsin was elected deputy of the chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus.

He died on 15 September 1967, at the age of 85 in Baku and after him the post of Shaykh al-Islam was taken by Ali-Agha Suleymanzadeh.