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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 ...
The Sheikh ul-Islam issued fatwas, which were written interpretations of the Quran that had authority over the community. The Sheikh ul-Islam represented the Sacred Law of Shariah and in the 16th century its importance rose which led to increased power. [citation needed] The office of Sheikh ul-islam was abolished in 1924, at the same time as ...
The Sheikh-ul-Islam was appointed by the Sultan. His office was known as the Şeyhülislâm Kapısı, or the Bab-ı Meşihat, which during the Tanzimat was housed in the old quarters of the Agha of the Janissaries. The office was quite large, the Sheikh-ul-Islams' rank was checked only by the Grand Vizier or the Serasker.
William Henry Quilliam (10 April 1856 [1] [2] [3] – 23 April 1932), who changed his name to Abdullah Quilliam and later Henri Marcel Leon or Haroun Mustapha Leon, was a 19th-century British convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre, and Britain's oldest Muslim organization, the Association of British Muslims.
Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf often referred to as Shaykh al-Islām, [4] [5] and Madni Miyan [6] [7] [8] (born on 27 August 1938 CE; 1 Rajab 1357 AH) is an Indian Islamic scholar, [9] theologian, spiritual leader [10] and author from Ashrafpur Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Silsila-e-Aamiria Nooriya was led by his Khalifa called Sheikh Shams-ul-Mufassireen Khwaja Faqeer Nawaz Syed Muhammad Umar Aamir Kaleemi Shah Noori Chisti-ul-Qadiri Al Hasani ul Hussaini Jafari ul Jeelani whose Mausoleum (or Tomb) is at GGA Pannur Dargah, Sunguvarchatram area, 60 km from Chennai District of Tamil Nadu, India.
Şeyhülislâm Halidefendizâde Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi (1848–1917) (Ottoman Turkish: محمد جمال الدین افندی [1]) was an Ottoman judge who served as sheikh al-Islam for Sultan Abdul Hamid II between 1891 and 1909.
Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani شیخ محمد خیابانی 1879 () 1920 (aged 40–41) Khameneh, Iran: Tabriz, Iran - 8 Mohammad Pishnamaz Zadeh محمد پیشنماززاده 15 May 1853 1937 (aged 83–84) Ganja, Russian Empire: Ganja, Soviet Union: Seventh Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus: 9 Bachir Moustafa Hammoud بشیر مصطفی حمود