P rominent t ajik f igures of the

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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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