Khujand clan

Khujand clan

The Khujand clan, also known as the Leninabad clan, is a clan based in Khujand, Tajikistan. The clan has largely controlled the Government of Tajikistan since World War II. [http://ismaili.net/mirrors/112_tajik/tajkethn.html Language and Ethnicity Issues in Tajikistan] Heritage Society]

In November 1991 Rahmon Nabiyev, a member of the Khujand clan, became the President of Tajikistan. [" [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0415305772&id=g4Ip5X_v0OYC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&ots=OvNGBCV-C6&dq=Tajik+Civil+War&sig=oORXc7G3_fSsR9qIMu6KiRH_5NA#PPA141,M1 Russian Foreign Policy and the Cis: Theories, Debates and Actions] ", page 141]

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