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religious leader,

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and scholar who was the sixth

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(Islamic Leader) of the Caucasus and the first scholar who translated Quran into the

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and provided detailed commentary and interpretation.

Early life

Mahammad Hasan was born in 1854. He received his first religious education at Shaki mollakhane, which he later continued at

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Madrasa. After graduation from

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he served for a few years as

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(mosque leaders) of Ganja Jum'a mosque. He later decided to continue his education and for this purpose traveled to Iraq where he advanced his degree in religion studies.

Career

In 1891 he returned to the Caucasus and published the first joint Hijri and Gregorian calendars in Persian. In 1893 Mahammad Hasan Movlazada started teaching Islamic religious law ( Shariat and Fiqh) at Tiflis Muslim Religious Scholl. He later served as Ghazi of Jabrayil, Ganja, Tiflis and Kutaisi regions. In 1908 Mahammad Hasan Movlazada had been elected as the sixth

of Muslims of the Caucasus. In 1908 in Tiflis he publishes ''Kitab al-bayan fi tafsir al-Quran'' - the two-volume edition of Koran's translation and tafsir (commentary). This work has been re-published in Baku in 1990.Kitab Əl-Bəyan fi Təfsir Əl-Quran: 3-cü nəşr: 2-ci cild: ərəb., fars / Mütərcim Şeyxul-İslam Məhəmməd Həsən Mövlaza Deyi-Şəkəvi.-B.: Azərnəşr, 1990.-492 s.; 24 sm.-Q.y., n. y.-(90-751), Movlazada Mahammad Hasan Ismayil oglu Shakavi died in 1932 in Tbilisi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shakavi, Mahammad Hasan Azerbaijani Shia clerics People from Shaki, Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Shia Muslims 1854 births 1932 deaths Translators of the Quran into Azerbaijani Azerbaijani nobility