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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

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Centuries, 1987), Nizomii Ganjavi (Nizami of Ganja, 1995), and Kor-

voni Sukhan (The Caravan of Words, 1995).
Afsar
See Tabarov, Nur.
Ahmad Abdullo
See Abdulloev, Ahmad.
Ahmad Makhdum Kallah
See Donish, Ahmad.
Ahmadov, A'lamkhon
Tajik physician A'lamkhon Ahmadov was born in Kulab on Febru-
ary 1, 1952. He received his early education in Kulab.
Ahmadov graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Tajikistan
State University in 1975 and from the Moscow Health Leaders Spe-
cialist Services in 1987. From 1975 to 1977, he served as an intern and
a physician in Kulab. From 1977 to 1988, he was the Director of the
Emergency Ward, Chief Physician of the Kulab hospital, and Director
of the Health Division of Kulab. From 1988 to 1990, he was the
Associate Director of the Health Division of Khatlan Province. In 1990,
he became the Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan.
In 1992, he became the Minister of Health of the Republic. Ahmadov
defended his thesis in 1996 and his doctoral dissertation in 2000.
Ahmadov's contributions include Zahri Af'i (Viper Poison,
Dushanbe, 1997); Anatomioi Odam (Human Anatomy, Dushanbe,
1996); Bimorihoi Siroiati (Contagious Diseases, Dushanbe, 2000);
Mavvodi Dorui va Ijozai Istifodai On dar Tibbi Jumhuri (Medicinal
Drugs and Permission for Their Use in the Republic ), Dushanbe, 1999);
and Rustanihoi Tibobatii Mastaki Bordorshavanda (Medicinal
Properties of the Pregnant Darnel, Dushanbe, 2000).
Ahmadov has traveled to the United States, Iran, Denmark, Ger-
many, Israel, England, and other places. He is the recipient of several
state prizes, including the Medal of Renown Service in 1990 and 1995.

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