Mustafa-Kadi Ismailov

Qadi Mustafa Ismailovich Ismailov (; 1879 – December 1929) was a Russian and Soviet religious and public figure and Arabist during the February Revolution, the Russian Civil War, and the Soviet-era of Dagestan. He is said to have been among the people to revitalise Islam in modern-day Dagestan. in 1879 to the family of the respected Ismail. During his early years, he led was interested in the Quran.

He has higher theological Muslim education and was a notable Arabist and Qadi. As the Committee holds a referendum in different auls, the population reportedly supports the upkeeping of sharia law.

In 1920, he founded the religious society "Jamiatul-Khairiya" in Kazanishche. It was created as a counterweight to the Soviet village council, resulting in a dual power structure. All activities in the village were conducted under the leadership of this religious society. The village council was practically inactive, and the people reportedly disobeyed it. At Ismailov's initiative, a madrasa was built in Kazanishche in 1924 to train clergy. Many of the graduates found employment as mosque imams and qadis in many villages of Dagestan, primarily in the plains.

On 14 December 1929, the OGPU sentenced Mustafa-Kadi Ismailov to 10 years of imprisonment in the Kotlas concentration camp, where he died.