JURISPRUDENTS OF AZERBAIJAN IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

The land of Azerbaijan has put forward many high scholars and personalities in different fields -including medicine, geography, history, literature, Quran’s commentary and Islaimic Jurisprudence (Feqh)- to Islam. TheyAzeri scholars moved to Najaf-e-Ashraf to obtain the Islamic knowledge espacially Feqh and then created many works. This Article reviews biography and literary work of 35 Jurisprudents of Republic of Azerbaijan in 19th and 20th centuries.But due to Communismdomination's period in Azerbaijan, the author faced lack of sources for his tudy.Therefore, he could write this article, with the assistance of Najaf-e- Ashraf and Iran’s Scholars, as well as, such books like Al-shia, Tabaghat Aalam Al-shia, Aayan Al-shia, Ganjeeneh-e-Daneshmandan, and Athar Al-Hojjah.