Jizzakh clan

Jizzakh clan

The Jizak clan is a political clan based in Jizzakh Province, Uzbekistan and allied with the Samarqand clan. It is led by Abdulaziz Kamilov, Uzbek President Islom Karimov's presidential advisor and former Foreign Minister. [http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~bsp/publications/2003_06-naum.pdf Militant Islam in Central Asia: The Case of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan] University of Berkeley, California ]

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