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Faiziev, Abdulhaq

Tajik geologist Abdulhaq Rajabovich Faiziev was born in the village

of Yor in Panjakent on March 15, 1938.

Faiziev graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1959, and until

1960, was an intern in the Department of Geology and Petrography of

Tajikistan State University. In 1968, he became an Assistant Professor

in the same department. He received his doctorate degree in geology in

1982 and became a professor in 1983. In 1985, he became the Dean of

the Faculty of Geology of Tajikistan State University.

Faiziev's research deals with the mineralogy of the fluoride mines in

various parts of Tajikistan. The contributions of Faiziev include Miner-

alogia i osobennosti genezisa fliuoritovikh mestorozhdenii iugozapad-

nogo Karategina (Mineralogy and the Specifics of the Appearance of

Fluoride Mines in Southwest Gharotegin, Dushanbe, 1972).