P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Azizi, Bahriddin

Tajik author and poet Bahriddin Azizi, also referred to as Azmi, was

born to a scholarly family in Uroteppa in 1895. He received his early

education in the traditional schools (maktabi kuhna) of the region. After

1910, he continued his education in the schools of Bukhara. After

graduating from the Tashkent Teacher Training School, he returned to

Uroteppa where he was employed as a teacher. He also served on the

Executive Committee of the city and as a member of the city's judiciary.

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Bahriddin Azizi's literary career began early, during his high school

years. Writing under the penname of Azmi, he lambasted the atrocities

of the Manghit Amirs of Bukhara. In the 1920s, he wrote satires in both

Uzbeki and Tajiki under various pennames, including "Tarsonchak,"

"Tarsaki," and others. His major articles were published in the satirical

journal Mushfiqi. His major themes include elimination of superstitions,

eradicating traditional mores and customs, as well as opposition to

social ills. Azizi's major works include Zarbdor (Shocker, 1932),

Ghalaba (Victory, 1932), Hasani Yak Dasta (One-Handed Hassan,

1936), Qurboni (Sacrifice, 1937), and Hikoyaho (Stories, 1962).

Azizi died in Uroteppa in 1944.

Azizov, Azam

Tajik physician Azam Azizov was born in the district of Rasht in

Gharm on May 1, 1936 . He received his early education in the new-

method schools of the region.

Azizov graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Tajikistan State

University in 1960. Thereafter, until 1964, he served as a surgeon in the

Jilikul region. In 1964, he joined the staff of Children’s Hospital No. 3.

From 1966 to 1968, he was the Head of the Urology Division for the

Children’s Ward. From 1968 to 1980, he was a Lecturer. Azizov

defended his thesis in 1972, and his doctoral dissertation in 1997. In

1996, he became an Assistant Professor. From 1997 to the present, he

has been the Head of the same department.

Azizov’s contributions include Diagnostika i taktika khirur-

gicheskogo oslognennogo urolitiaza u deity (Diagnostic Strategies in the

Surgical Treatment of Urological Diseases in Children), Lughati

Terminolgii Jarrohi (A Dictionary of Surgical Terms, Dushanbe, 1998),

Urologiyai Kudakon (Urological Diseases in Children Dushanbe, 1999),

and Jarrohii Batnii Kudakon (Heart Surgery for Children, Dushanbe,

2001)

Azizov has traveled to Afghanistan and Malaysia. He is a Distin-

guished Veteran of Labor, a recipient of the Order of the 100th Anni-

versary of the Birth of Lenin, as well as the Honorary Order of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.