P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Hotamov, Muhtaram

Tajik poet Muhtaram Hotamov was born in the village of Askalan of

Gharm on December 4, 1940.

Hotamov graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in

1972, and taught in Yovon for a year. From 1973 until 1983, he was

employed by the Irfon Publications. Thereafter, he worked for the Adib

Publishing House.

Hotamov's first poems were composed when he was a student at the

Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. His lyrics appear in many collections,

including Shukufahoi Umidbakhsh (Hope-Inspiring Blossoms), Nowruzi

(A New-Year Gift), Mihri Pidar (Fatherly Love), Modarnoma (In Praise

of Mother), and Bahoduron (The Brave). His other contributions include

Kamari Ob (Middle of the Water, 1980) and Dilafshon (Heartbreak,

1983).

He joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1988.

Hotamov, Namoz

Tajik historian Namoz Basarovich Hotamov was born in the village

of Shoboti of Bukhara on September 1, 1946. He received his early

education in the Peshkun region of Bukhara.

Namoz graduated from the Tajikistan State University's Faculty of

History and Philology with a degree in history in 1967. He then worked

at the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnography of the Acad-

emy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

At the present, Hotamov is engaged in research in cooperation with

several universities, as well as teaching courses about the history of fi-

nance and banking in the Republic. Hotamov's contributions include

In'ikosi Revuliutsioi Khalqii Sovetii Bukhoro dar Asarhoi S. Aini (The

Reflection of the People's Soviet Revolution of Bukhara in the Works of

Sadriddin Aini, Dushanbe, 1980); Roli Sarmoyai Bonki dar Inkishofi

Iqtisodiyyoti Osioi Miona az Solhoi 90-dumi Asri 19 to Solhoi 1917

(The Role of Bank Capital in the Development of Central Asia from the

1890s to 1917, Dushanbe, 1990); Sarnagun Namudani Tartiboti Amirii

Bukhoro  (The Overthrowing of the Organization of the Emirate of

Bukhara, Dushanbe, 1997); Jadidoni Bukhoro va Davrahoi Inkishofi On

(The Bukharan Jadids and Its Developmental Period, Dushanbe 2000).

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