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For instance, the President of Tajikistan, Emomalii Rahmon, dropped the Russian suffix "-ov" from his surname and directed others to adopt Tajik names when registering births. [100] According to a government announcement in October 2009, approximately 4,000 Tajik nationals have dropped "ov" and "ev" from their surnames since the start of the year.
Jamshed Karimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan and a cousin of former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov; Ahmed Shah Massoud, Commander and Mujahideen in Afghanistan, assassinated by Al Qaeda; Rahmon Nabiyev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and two time President of Tajikistan; Emomali Rahmon, current President of ...
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Sadriddin Ayni, National poet of Tajikistan, was a Tajik born in the Uzbek ruled Emirate of Bukhara The Tajiks of Uzbekistan are ethnic Tajiks residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan . They constitute about 5% of the total population, [ 1 ] though some estimates suggest the actual number is significantly higher. [ 2 ]
The Khukhrains spread over Khushab, Dhune Kheb, Chakwal, Pind Dadan Khan, Peshawar, Nowshera and Lahore. [2] [full citation needed] They were a powerful tribe during the attacks of Mahmud of Ghazni and resisted him during his third invasion after the defeat of Jayapala at the Battle of Bhera in 1004-5.
Yaghnobi Tajiks derive around 93% of their ancestry from historical Indo-Iranian sources (represented by an Iron Age sample from Turkmenistan and Tajikistan and Western Steppe Herders) and around 7% from Baikal EBA groups (a population with 80-95% Ancient Northeast Asian and 5-20% Ancient North Eurasian ancestry).The ancient and present-day ...