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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.