Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi
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Abdolhamid in 2014 | |
| Official name | Abdolhamid |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi c. 1946 or 1947 (age 78–79) |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Region | Baluchistan |
| Education | PhD |
| Other names | Sheikh Islam |
| Occupation | Imam, Khatib |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Website | http://abdolhamid.net/ |
Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi (Persian: عبدالحمید اسماعیلزهی; born 1946/1947) is an Iranian Sunni Muslim Deobandi cleric who is regarded as a "spiritual leader for Iran’s Sunni Muslim population" though his influence is limited to the Baloch population, according to Reuters. Ismaeelzahi, a Baloch, enjoys support of the overwhelming majority of Baloch people in Iran, who hail him as their Molavi.
He is the imam of the Makki Mosque in Zahedan and the director of the Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan, the main seminary in the city.