Mehmet Aga-Oglu, was an Azerbaijani-Turkish Islamic art historian. Born in Erivan, Russian Caucasia, Mehmet earned a doctorate history, philosophy, and Islamic languages from the University of Moscow. By 1921 he was at the University of Istanbul, where he studied Islamic art and Ottoman history. Whilst in Berlin, Aga-Oglu would study under Dr. Ernst Herzfeld in Near Eastern architecture.