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Who are the Chorasmians?

What I am trying to do here is that I want you to know about who is chorasmians. In chorasmian we call chorasmians with word "Xorazmiy" and not everyone are allowed to use that. To use that word you need to be actively learning working something related to science. Here I mention chorasmians:

Arab Caliphate Period (8th–10th centuries)

  1. Abdulloh ibn Muborak al-Xorazmiy (736–797) – Scholar of hadith, fiqh, and Sufism. One of the earliest hadith scholars. Active in Chorasmia.
  2. Muhammad ibn Muso al-Xorazmiy (780–850) – Founder of algebra. Famous for his work "Al-Jabr wa'l-Muqabala." The word "algorithm" derives from his name.
  3. Muhammad ibn al-Abbos al-Xorazmiy al-Tabarxaziy (935–993) – A renowned poet, writer, and prose master from Chorasmia. His father was from Chorasmia and his mother from Tabaristan, hence the title al-Tabarxaziy. He was a scholar and memorizer of Arabic language arts, known for his eloquence and learning. In his youth, he traveled to various cities in pursuit of knowledge including Sijistan, Damascus, and Aleppo before settling in Nishapur. There, he became closely associated with the famous scholar and vizier Sahib ibn al-Abbad and was among the distinguished members of his literary circle. He transmitted and narrated many hadiths and passed away in Nishapur in 993 CE, during the month of Ramadan.
  4. Abu Rayhan al-Xorazmiy al-Beruniy (973–1048) – Polymath (astronomy, geography, chronology, ethnography, natural sciences).
  5. Abū'l-Qāsim Maḥmūd al-Xorazmiy al-Zamaxshariy (1075–1144) – Philologist, Qur'anic exegete, linguist and literary scholar. Nisba al-Zamaxshariy links him to Zamakhshar in the Chorasmia; famous for the Qur'anic commentary al-Kashshāf and important Arabic-grammar and rhetoric works.
  6. ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maḥmūd al-Xorazmiy al-Zamaxshariy (12th century) – Son of Abū'l-Qāsim Maḥmūd. Known as a grammarian and copyist who transmitted parts of his father's works. Mentioned in biographical dictionaries as al-nāqil ʿan abīhi ("transmitter from his father").
  7. Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Xorazmiy (9th century) – Scholar of fiqh and kalam. Worked at the "Bayt al-Hikma" center of learning in Baghdad.
  8. Abu Umar Yusuf al-Xorazmiy (9th century) – One of the earliest medical scholars.
  9. Abu Hafs Umar al-Xorazmiy (9th century) – One of the early representatives of Sufism. Spread Sufi ideas in Chorasmia.
  10. Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Is'haq al-Xorazmiy (9th–10th centuries) – Specialist in logic and philosophy. Author of "Kitab fi'l-Mantiq."
  11. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Xorazmiy (9th–10th centuries) – Literary scholar and linguist. Famous for "Mafatih al-'Ulum" ("The Key to the Sciences").
  12. Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Xorazmiy (9th–10th centuries) – Geographer and historian. Author of "Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik."
  13. Abu Sa'id Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Xorazmiy (10th century) – Astronomer and mathematician. Created trigonometric tables.
  14. Abu Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Xorazmiy (10th century) – Scholar of Qur'anic exegesis and Arabic grammar.
  15. Abu Ali Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Xorazmiy (9th–10th centuries) – Engaged in medicine and chemistry. Author of "Kitab al-Asrar."
  16. Abu al-Hakim Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik as-Salihi al-Xorazmiy al-Khati (11th century) – Renowned physician, philosopher, and scholar. Known by the nisba "al-Khati," indicating origin from Khat (near present-day Khiva). He wrote works in medicine, philosophy, and logic. Recognized as one of the prominent Chorasmian scholars famous for science and medicine in his era.
  17. Abu Bakr Hasan al-Xorazmiy (10th century) – Islamic scholar in the recitations of the Qur'an.
  18. Abu Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Xorazmiy (10th century) – Islamic scholar. Wrote treatises on "Usul al-Fiqh".
  19. Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Nasr al-Xorazmiy (9th century) – Philosopher. The work "Risala fi-l-nafs" is mentioned.
  20. Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Xorazmiy (10th century) – Engaged in music theory. The work "Kitab al-Nagham" is mentioned.
  21. Abu Mansur al-Xorazmiy (10th century) – Lexicography and adab (belles-lettres). Author of early Arabic-Chorasmian vocabulary collections; part of Khurasan's literary circles.

Seljuk Period (11th–12th centuries)

  1. Abu Nasr Mansur ibn Iraq al-Xorazmiy (970–1036) – Mathematician, astronomer. Founder of spherical trigonometry; teacher of al-Biruni.
  2. Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Xorazmiy al-Beruni (973–1048) – Encyclopedic scholar. Author of "Al-Qanun al-Mas'udi" and "India."
  3. Omar Khayyam al-Xorazmiy an-Nishapuri (1048–1131) – Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. His mathematical works include solutions to cubic equations and important developments in algebra. Author of the famous "Rubaiyat" collection of poetry. Contributed to calendar reform and astronomical calculations.
  4. Abu al-Fath Abdurrahman Mansur al-Xorazmiy al-Khazini (11th–12th centuries) – Physicist and astronomer. Famous for "Kitab Mizan al-Hikma."
  5. Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari al-Xorazmiy (1075–1144) – Qur'anic exegete, linguist, grammarian. Author of the tafsir "Al-Kashshaf."
  6. Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Xorazmiy (12th century) – Astronomer. Worked at the Gurganj observatory.
  7. Najm al-Din al-Xorazmiy al-Kubra (1145–1221) – Born in Chorasmia now Konye-Urgench. One of the most famous mystical philosophers and scholars. Founder of the Kubrawiyya Sufi order, blending metaphysics, psychology, and theology.
  8. Abu'l-Fath al-Xorazmiy al-Bustani al-Saljuqi (11th century) – Was an astronomer, mathematician and mechanician based in Marv in the late 11th/early 12th centuries. His major works include Kitāb Mīzān al-Ḥikma (on mechanics / instruments) and al-Zīj al-Muʿtabar al-Sanjarī al-Sultānī (astronomical tables) dedicated to Sanjar.
  9. Rashīd al-Dīn Vatvat al-Xorazmiy (12th century) – Panegyrist, literary figure and courtier associated with the Chorasmian court; known in biographical lists of Chorasmian literary culture.
  10. Abū Naṣr al-Xorazmiy al-Beruniy (12th century) – A physician and pupil of Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (mentioned in medieval biographical notes).

Chorasmian Empire Period (12th–13th centuries)

  1. Rukn al-Din Muhammad al-Urganji al-Xorazmiy (12th–13th centuries) – Poet and historian. Lived at the court of Jalal al-Din Manguberdi.
  2. Jaloliddin Abu Ali al-Xorazmiy (12th century) – Wrote works on mathematics and mechanics.
  3. Zahir al-Din Nasr al-Xorazmiy (12th–13th centuries) – Representative of poetry. Praised Chorasmia in qasidas and ghazals.
  4. Abu'l-Qasim al-Xorazmiy (12th–13th centuries) – Scholar of fiqh and hadith. Taught at madrasas in Gurganj and Marw.
  5. Umar ibn Muḥammad al-Xorazmiy al-Beruniy (13th century) – Astronomer/astrologer name appears in a few zījes (astronomical tables) preserved in Samarqand.
  6. Qutb al-Din Ahmad al-Xorazmiy (13th century) – Poet. Wrote the epic "Khusraw and Shirin" in the style of Nizami.
  7. Sa'd al-Din al-Xorazmiy (13th century) – Philosopher and theologian. Known as the author of "Sharh al-Maqasid."
  8. Majd al-Din al-Xorazmiy (13th century) – Literary scholar and historian. Active in Chorasmia's cultural centers.
  9. ʿImād al-Dīn al-Xorazmiy al-Zamaxshariy (13th century) – Qāḍī (judge) and jurist in Urgench; may have belonged to the same family line. Recorded in Tārīkh al-Xorazmiyyīn (local chronicle).
  10. Fahriddin Ahmad al-Xorazmiy (13th century) – Scholar, who worked in theology and philosophy.
  11. Sayfiddin al-Xorazmiy (13th century) – Writer and historian. He wrote a work about the Mongol invasion (lost).
  12. Imom Burhoniddin al-Xorazmiy (13th century) – Teacher in Hadith and tafsir. Served in the Chorasmiashahs' palace.
  13. Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Xorazmiy Rūmī (1207–1273) – Renowned poet and Sufi mystic, best known for his work "Masnavi," which is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Chorasmian literature.
  14. Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Xorazmiy al-Sanusi (1428–1490) – Philosopher.
  15. Nasir al-Din al-Xorazmiy (13th century) – Born in Tus, in the Seljuk-Chorasmiaian transition era; He made important contributions to astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. He improved astronomical tables, advanced trigonometric methods, and wrote works that shaped scientific thought in the medieval world.
  16. Fakhr al-Din al-Xorazmiy al-Razi (1149–1209) – Known for his Qur'anic exegesis Mafatih al-Ghayb. A theologian, philosopher, and physician.
  17. Saif al-Din al-Xorazmiy al-Amedi (1156–1233) – A prominent philosopher and jurist. Known for works in logic and usul al-fiqh. His Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam was studied widely in Mamluk madrasas.
  18. Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Xorazmiy al-Salam (1181–1262) – A theologian and reformer.

Timurid, Oqqoyunlu, Ottoman Period (14th–15th centuries)

  1. G'iyosiddin Jamshid al-Xorazmiy al-Koshiy (1380–1429) – He is presumed to have been born in Chorasmia (in some sources Kashan, but connected to the Chorasmia). He developed advanced methods for calculating the exact value of sin(x) and wrote the work "Arba'in" (40 complex problems). Although his name is "al-Kashi," he is also referred to as "Xorazmiy" due to his Chorasmia origin. He worked at the Samarkand observatory in the early 15th century (during the time of Ulugh Beg). Modern trigonometry was developed based on his works.
  2. Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Xorazmiy (14th–15th century) – Philosophy, logic, and medicine. He lived and wrote works in Chorasmia, but detailed information about him is scarce. He contributed to medieval philosophy.
  3. Husayn Vois al-Xorazmiy (d. 1494–1503) – He served in the courts of the Timurids, Aq Qoyunlu, and Ottomans. He was in contact with Alisher Navoiy and other scholars of the era.
  4. Abdulkarim al-Xorazmiy (14th century) – Scholar who worked in Tabriz. Had close connections with the Aq Qoyunlu Chorasmian dynasty. Son of Abdurrahmon al-Xorazmiy. His known works include treatises on theology and logic, notably "Risāla fī al-tawḥīd" (Treatise on Divine Unity) and "Sharḥ al-Manṭiq" (Commentary on Logic).
  5. Jamāl al-Dīn al-Xorazmiy al-Zamaxshariy (14th century) – Sufi writer; author of treatises on ethics and asceticism, preserved in fragments in Khiva archives.

Khanate of Khiva (16th–20th centuries)

  1. Muhammad Amin al-Xorazmiy (16th century) – It is presumed that he wrote commentaries on mathematics and philosophy.
  2. Abu al-Qasim al-Xorazmiy (16th century) – He wrote works on Islamic sciences. Detailed information is not available.
  3. Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur al-Xorazmiy (1603–1663) – Chorasmian khan and historian. Author of "Shajara-i Tarākima" and "Tārīkh-i Khwārazmshāhiyān." Documented the history and genealogy of the Chorasmiashahs.
  4. Pahlavon Mahmud al-Xorazmiy al-Urganchi (1500–1570) – A poet who lived around Khiva. He used the attribute "Xorazmiy," but not a scholar, but a literary figure.
  5. Abdullo Xo'jandi al-Xorazmiy al-Urganchi (1540–1580) – He continued the traditions of Ulugbek's observatory. His works have not survived, but his name exists in sources.
  6. Muhammad Amin al-Xorazmiy al-Xiva'i (16th century) – He taught in the madrasas of Khiva and wrote commentaries on the works of al-Xorazmiy. In the sources, "al-Xiva'i" is called relative, but detailed information is scarce.
  7. So'fi Olloyor al-Xorazmiy al-Xiva'i (1499–1583) – A thinker who lived in and around Khiva. The work "Tuhfa" is devoted to philosophical and moral issues and was taught in madrasas. His views served to strengthen Islamic ideology.
  8. Muhammad Sodiq al-Xorazmiy al-Urganchi (1550–1600) – He taught in the madrasas of Urgench. He wrote a commentary on "Sharh al-Wiqaya."
  9. Ibrohim al-Xorazmiy al-Urganchi (1520–1570) – His name is mentioned in the medical traditions of Chorasmia. It is said that he wrote commentaries on the works of Avicenna.
  10. Ahmad al-Xorazmiy al-Xiva'i (1530–1580) – It is said to have compiled dense (astronomical tables). Gave explanation to Ulugbek's works.
  11. Husayn al-Xorazmiy al-Xiva'i (1570–1600) – He was a teacher in the madrasas of Xiva. He wrote a commentary on "Fath al-Qadir."
  12. Qutbiddin al-Xorazmiy al-Xiva'i (16th century) – He taught "Tibb al-Nabawi." Their names appear in manuscripts.
  13. ʿAlī al-Xorazmiy al-Zamaxshariy (16th century) – Poet and calligrapher from Khiva, panegyrics and religious odes in Chorasmian.
  14. Maxtumquli al-Xorazmiy Faroğiy (1724–1807) – Chorasmian poet and philosopher who studied in Khiva. While primarily associated with Chorasmian literature, he spent significant time studying in Chorasmian madrasas and was influenced by the Chorasmia's intellectual traditions. His poetry combines Sufi mysticism with social themes.
  15. Munis al-Xorazmiy (1778–1829) – Poet, historian, and translator from the Khiva Khanate. Author of Firdaws al-Iqbal and an important figure in Chorasmian literary life.
  16. Komil al-Xorazmiy (1825–1897) – Poet, calligrapher, and musician from Khiva. Known for his lyrical ghazals and contributions to Khiva's cultural renaissance, he played a key role in the development of classical Chorasmian literature and music.
  17. Junaid Khan al-Xorazmiy (1857/1862–1938) – Commander and the last de facto ruler of the Khanate of Khiva; his full name was Muhammet Gurban. The son of Khojibay, chieftain of the Yomut tribe, he succeeded his father as its leader, served as a village qozi (judge) and mirab (water distributor), and gained authority during the tribal uprisings of 1912–1916. In January 1918 Isfandiyar Khan made him commander of the Khanate's armed forces with the title Serdar-Karim ("noble commander"); later that year Junaid had Isfandiyar killed, enthroned the murdered khan's uncle Sayid Abdullah as a puppet ruler, and became the real master of the Khanate. Defeated in February 1920, he led the armed resistance to Soviet rule from the Karakum desert as "Commander of the Army of Islam", then fled to Persia and on to Afghanistan, where he died in 1938.

Chorasmian Republic SSR (1920–1924)

  1. Mulla Bekjon al-Xorazmiy (1887–1929) – Prominent Chorasmian enlightener, active figure of the Jadid movement, and musicologist; his full name was Bekjon Rahmonov. As Minister (nozir) of Education of the Chorasmian People's Soviet Republic he made a great contribution to opening new-method schools and eliminating illiteracy. Together with Muhammad Yusuf Devonzoda he collected and arranged the notations of the Chorasmian maqoms, based on the "Xorazm tanbur chizig'i" (Chorasmian tanbur notation), and published them as a separate book. He also took an active part in launching the first periodical press and publishing in the native language of Chorasmia.
  2. Otajon Abdalov al-Xorazmiy (1856–1939) – The first printer and publisher of Chorasmia. He learned lithography from the Iranian printer Ibrohim Sulton and from 1874 worked at the lithographic press founded at the court of Muhammad Rahim Khan II in Khiva, where in 1876 he printed Farohiy's "Nisab us-sibyon", considered the first book printed in Khiva. Between 1876 and 1910 he published more than ten books, among them works of Navoiy, Ogahiy and Feruz. Under the Chorasmian People's Soviet Republic he led the printing of government proclamations and of newspapers in several languages, and from 1 May 1923 printed "Inqilob quyoshi" on a printing press for the first time; the republic honoured him with the title Hero of Labour.
  3. Bayoniy al-Xorazmiy (1858–1923) – Historian, poet, musicologist, calligrapher and translator; his real name was Muhammad Yusufbek Bobojonbek o'g'li. Continuing the chronicles of Munis and Ogahiy, he wrote "Shajarayi Xorazmshohiy" (1911–1913), a history of the khans of Chorasmia, and after the 1920 revolution "Xorazm tarixi" (History of Chorasmia), of whose sixteen chapters eight survive. A master of the tanbur and g'ijjak and of several calligraphic scripts, he translated Darvesh Ahmad's "Sahoyif ul-axbor" from Arabic, Binoiy's "Shayboniynoma" from Persian, and Tabari's history.
  4. Polvonniyoz Hoji Yusupov al-Xorazmiy (1861–1936) – Founder of the Young Khivans and a leading figure of the Jadid movement in Chorasmia. Born into a merchant family in Khiva, he knew Arabic, Persian and Russian and in 1904 travelled to Turkey, Egypt, Syria and Mecca. In 1914 he founded the Young Khivans party, and in April 1917 he co-wrote the manifesto on state reform that led Isfandiyar Khan to create the Khiva Majlis. He was the first chairman of the Council of Nazirs (head of government) of the Chorasmian People's Soviet Republic, from 27 April 1920 to 6 March 1921, and left memoirs, "Yosh xivaliklar tarixi" (History of the Young Khivans).
  5. Mutrib Xonaxarob al-Xorazmiy (1865–1925) – Poet and maqom composer whose pen name Mutrib means "musician"; his real name was Muhammad Hasan, son of Hoji Tabib. He studied at the Muhammad Aminxon madrasa in Khiva, and Feruz brought him to court as devonbegi. After the court was abolished he joined the literary staff of the newspapers "Xorazm xabarlari" and "Inqilob quyoshi", and his poems calling people to knowledge, enlightenment and freedom appeared in the local press and in a collection of revolutionary poems printed in Khiva in 1923. Nearly 16,000 lines of his verse survive.
  6. Bobooxun Salimov al-Xorazmiy (1874–1929) – Jurist and enlightener, born Muhammad Karim and honoured with the title Bobooxun. He studied at the Olloqulixon madrasa in Khiva, where he learned Arabic, Persian and Russian and later taught as a mudarris; from 1910 to 1918 he was supreme judge (qozi-kalon) and shaykh al-islam of the Khanate, and in 1917 he chaired the Khiva Majlis. A member of the Young Khivans, he became Minister of Justice of the Chorasmian People's Soviet Republic in 1920 and, together with Mulla Bekjon, wrote alphabet books and readers for schoolchildren. Pushed out of public life in the late 1920s, he was shot in his home by Soviet agents on 10 May 1929.
  7. Sulton qori Jumaniyozov al-Xorazmiy (1878–1937) – Qur'an reciter (qori) of the Xo'jaqul madrasa in Urgench, who knew the whole Qur'an by heart with tajwid and earned his living as a watchmaker. He chaired the Central Executive Committee of the Chorasmian People's Soviet Republic (1920–1921) and then served as its envoy in Moscow (1921–1922), sending many young Chorasmians to study in Moscow and Petrograd. As People's Commissar (nozir) of Education in 1922 he opened schools and colleges and had textbooks printed. Executed on fabricated charges on 26 December 1937, he was rehabilitated in 1960.
  8. Xudoybergan Devonov al-Xorazmiy (1879–1938) – The first photographer and film cameraman of Chorasmia. Taught by the Mennonite settler Wilhelm Penner, he began photographing Khiva's minarets and people in 1903, and after a journey to St Petersburg he brought back photo and film equipment and set up a photo laboratory in Khiva. In 1910 he filmed Isfandiyar Khan, regarded as the first documentary film of the region, and nearly a thousand of his photographs record the life and customs of Chorasmia. After the 1920 revolution he became Minister of Finance of the Chorasmian People's Soviet Republic and a photo-correspondent for "Inqilob quyoshi". Arrested in 1937, he was shot in 1938 and rehabilitated in 1958.

Uzbek SSR Period (20th century)

  1. Matyoqub Xarratov al-Xorazmiy (1867–1939) – Master of the tanbur, dutor and g'ijjak, maqom performer and calligrapher; a pupil and follower of Komil al-Xorazmiy. In 1886–1891 he worked with Muhammad Rasul Mirzaboshi to perfect the "Xorazm tanbur chizig'i", the tanbur notation invented by Komil, and to write down the Chorasmian maqoms with it, as performer, researcher and calligrapher. He taught musicians and maqom singers at the court of Muhammad Rahim Khan II (1888–1906) and later at the Khiva music school (1923–1928), and in 1934 researchers of the Institute of Art Studies recorded the instrumental parts of the Chorasmian maqoms from his tanbur playing. Father of Muhammad Yusuf Devonzoda.
  2. Muhammad Yusuf Devonzoda al-Xorazmiy (1889–1952) – Musicologist, singer, composer and poet, also known as Matyusuf Xarratov and by the pen name Chokar; son of the maqom master Matyoqub Xarratov, from whom he learned music and calligraphy. With Mulla Bekjon he wrote "Xorazm musiqiy tarixchasi" (A Brief History of Chorasmian Music, 1925), a fundamental source on Chorasmian music and its tanbur notation. He founded and led the first music school in Chorasmia (Khiva, 1923–1928), taught at the Institute of Music and Choreography in Samarkand (1928–1932), and in 1935 worked on extending the range of the chang with a chromatic scale. His poems, signed Chokar, carry democratic and enlightenment ideals.
  3. Rahmat Majidiy al-Xorazmiy (1906–1986) – Literary scholar. He studied at the Husayniya madrasa in Orenburg (1917–1918) and, after the Chorasmian revolution, at schools and the workers' faculty in Tashkent and at the law faculty of Moscow University (1925–1928). Back in Chorasmia he edited the regional newspaper (1928–1930), later chaired the republic's Writers' Union (1934) and studied at the Institute of Red Professors (1935–1938). From 1940 he worked at the Institute of Language and Literature in Tashkent until he was repressed in 1950, and again after his rehabilitation in 1954. His books include "Ogahiy lirikasi" (The Lyric Poetry of Ogahiy, 1963) and "Iste'dod va burch" (Talent and Duty, 1974).
  4. G'oyib Nepesov al-Xorazmiy (1907–1976) – Historian of the Chorasmian revolution, born to a shepherd's family near Köneürgenç, the ancient Gurganj. Imprisoned for nine months in 1938, he earned a doctorate in history in 1947 and became an academician in 1951, but in 1952 he was expelled from the party and stripped of his degree and titles on charges of "bourgeois nationalism"; he was reinstated in the party in 1955 and given back his degree and titles in 1959. His research centred on the Khivan people's revolution and the Chorasmian People's Soviet Republic of 1920–1924.
  5. Jumaniyoz Sharipov al-Xorazmiy (b. 1911) – Writer and scholar of translation, Doctor of Philology (1968). After graduating from the Pedagogical Academy in Samarkand (1932) he ran educational publishing houses and the publishing house of the Academy of Sciences (1952–1959), and from 1959 worked at the Institute of Language and Literature in Tashkent. He studied the history and theory of literary translation from the earliest times to the 20th century, including a monograph on the history of translation (1965), and translated works of Rustaveli, Pushkin, Maxtumquli and others. His four-book novel "Xorazm" (1960–1976) portrays Chorasmian life under Isfandiyar Khan, the civil war and the coming of Soviet power.
  6. Jumaniyoz Qobulniyozov al-Xorazmiy (1919–1974) – Folklorist and philologist, born into a craftsman's family in Urgench. Badly wounded in the Soviet–Finnish war, he later studied in Tashkent and at Moscow State University and from 1957 worked in the folklore section of the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences in Tashkent, becoming a Doctor of Philology. He prepared scholarly editions, with textual notes and critical commentary, of the folk epics (dastans) "Sayodxon va Hamro", "Avazxon" and "Bozirgon" and of the collection "Xorazm xalq qo'shiqlari" (Folk Songs of Chorasmia), bringing most of this material into scholarly use for the first time.
  7. Nazar Matchonov al-Xorazmiy (1923–2010) – Veterinary scientist and statesman, born into a craftsman's family. A graduate of the Tashkent Agricultural Institute (1949), he wrote his candidate thesis (1962) on fighting coenurosis and echinococcosis in livestock, and his doctoral thesis (1969, at the All-Union Skryabin Institute of Helminthology) on organizing the fight against coenurosis across the republic and eliminating it in the Bukhara region; he became a professor in 1971. He also rose through the republic's government and from 1970 to 1978 chaired the Presidium of its Supreme Soviet.
  8. Tamara Abayeva al-Xorazmiy (b. 1927) – Historian and orientalist, born in Khiva into the family of a clerk, Grigory Abayev. After graduating from the Oriental faculty of the Central Asian State University in Tashkent (1951), from 1956 she worked at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences, now named after Abu Rayhan al-Beruniy. She wrote about seventy works on the history of Badakhshan and the Pamir–Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, and earned her doctorate in 1990.
  9. Sobira Abdurazoqova al-Xorazmiy (b. 1928) – Scientist of winemaking and fermentation, born in Urgench into the family of a confectioner, Xo'ja Abdurazoqov. After graduating from the food faculty of the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute (1951) she worked as an analytical chemist at a sugar plant and wrote her candidate thesis on drying refined sugar (1957). From 1960 to 1995 she headed the department of winemaking technology and fermentation at the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology, and in 1990 became a Doctor of Technical Sciences. She co-authored a two-stage method of fermenting grape juice that speeds up the maturing of wine and lets it be stored longer, and in 1974 she and her students were the first to obtain pectin from cotton, apple and grape pomace.
  10. Yo'ldosh Jumaboyev al-Xorazmiy (1932–1998) – Philosopher who studied the history of Central Asian philosophical and ethical thought and modern ethics. A graduate of the Chorasmian State Pedagogical Institute (1954), he headed a department at the Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry (1965–1978), became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1976 and a professor in 1977, and from 1978 to 1998 headed a department of the ministry of higher and specialized secondary education. He was named an Honoured Scientist in 1982.
  11. Fidan Yanshina al-Xorazmiy (1933–2011) – Geologist, philosopher and historian of geochemistry, born Fidan Bikkenina in Khiva. A graduate of the Moscow Oil Institute (1956), she worked at the Institute of Oil of the USSR Academy of Sciences, wrote her candidate thesis on the geology of phosphorite deposits in Central Asia (1967) and taught mineralogy and petrography at Novosibirsk State University. In Moscow she helped create the House-Museum of Vladimir Vernadsky (1983–1986), and from 1986 she worked at the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, becoming deputy chair of the Academy's commission on Vernadsky's scientific legacy; her doctorate in philosophy (1999) was on Vernadsky's worldview and his teaching on the biosphere and noosphere.
  12. Sa'dulla Iskandarov al-Xorazmiy (b. 1939) – Chemist who studied plant alkaloids, their chemical structure and their use in agriculture; academician of the Academy of Sciences (2000). A graduate of the Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute (1961), he worked at the Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances (1965–1973), became a Doctor of Chemistry in 1973, and served as vice-rector of the Chorasmian Pedagogical Institute (1973–1977) and rector of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (1978–1986). He isolated 24 new alkaloids from plants, invented the cotton growth stimulants A-1 and Ketostim and the defoliant "Optim", developed a polymer coating against wind erosion, and proposed new technologies for producing medicines such as levomycetin and vitamin E.
  13. Valery Serbo al-Xorazmiy (b. 1939) – Theoretical physicist in high-energy and elementary particle physics. After graduating from Leningrad State University (1962) he joined Novosibirsk State University in 1965, rising to professor of theoretical physics, and defended his doctorate in 1984. With his co-authors he proposed the photon-photon collider, a new way to obtain colliding beams of high-energy photons at future linear electron-positron colliders; the scheme is now part of the linear-collider projects of the United States, Japan and Germany. He has written more than 200 scientific papers and lectured as a visiting professor in Minnesota, Leipzig, Milan, Paris and Heidelberg and at Brookhaven and SLAC.
  14. Vladimir Vragov al-Xorazmiy (1945–2002) – Mathematician, born in Urgench into a driver's family. He graduated from the mechanics and mathematics faculty of Novosibirsk State University (1968) and from 1969 worked in the function theory department of the Institute of Mathematics in Novosibirsk, earning his candidate (1971) and doctoral (1978) degrees. He supervised 56 candidate and 8 doctoral dissertations, was rector of Novosibirsk State University (1993–1997), where he opened programmes in oriental studies, economics and law, biomedicine and science journalism, and from 1997 headed the UNESCO chair of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences.
  15. Gulmirza Xudayberganov al-Xorazmiy (1946–2026) – Mathematician in multidimensional complex analysis, born into a farming family. He studied at Tashkent State University and Moscow State University, where his first work (1969), on the polynomial convexity of compact sets in complex space, was supervised by B. V. Shabat and later cited in Stout's monograph "Polynomial Convexity" (2007). He did his graduate studies at the Institute of Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences (1971–1974) and taught there until 1991, and later proved an analogue of Carleman's formula for holomorphic functions of a matrix argument. He headed the department of mathematical analysis (1992–2001) and was dean of the faculty of mechanics and mathematics at the National University in Tashkent, then rector of Karshi State University (2001–2005), and wrote more than 120 papers and 18 books.
  16. Azimboy Sa'dullayev al-Xorazmiy (1947–2025) – Mathematician and one of the builders of complex (pluri)potential theory, born into a family of workers and farmers in the Shovot district. On the advice of the academicians T. A. Sarimsoqov and S. H. Sirojiddinov he moved from Tashkent State University to Moscow State University, graduating in 1969; his candidate thesis (1972) was on canonical products and analytic sets, and his doctoral thesis (1982) on complex potential theory and its applications, whose foundations he helped lay together with American mathematicians. He headed the department of mathematical analysis (1983–1992) and was dean of mathematics (1985–1992) at Tashkent State University, then as rector (1992–2007) led the Urgench State Pedagogical Institute to university status and chaired the Ma'mun Academy of Chorasmia (1997–2007). He wrote 15 monographs, 6 textbooks and more than 200 papers, and became an academician in 1995.

Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan Period (21st century)

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