Allahshukur Pashazadeh

Shaykh al-Islām
Allahşükür Paşazadə
Personal
Born (1949-08-26) August 26, 1949 (age 75) 
Cil, Lankaran Rayon, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union 
ReligionIslam
SchoolTwelver Shiism, Ja'fari school
Signature
Muslim leader
Based inBaku, Azerbaijan
Period in office1980–present
PredecessorHaji Mir Gazanfar Mir Alekper oglu Ibrahimov
SuccessorIncumbent
PostSheikh ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus
Pashazade with Dmitry Medvedev in Baku, July 2008.

Haji Allahshükür Hummat Pashazade (Azerbaijani: Allahşükür Hümmət Paşazadə) is the Sheikh ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus which includes the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Georgia, and Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Karachay–Cherkessia, and Adygea in the Russian Federation.[1][2] He is also the chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus.[2]

  1. ^ Sheikh-ul-islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh marks his 60th birthday Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Broadening Powers of Supreme Mufti of Caucasus". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2009-03-03.