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Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda

politician (1951–2010)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ4497760 ↗
Source-derived summary

Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda (6 July 1951 – 17 March 2010) was a Tajikistani politician who served as the spiritual guide of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT).

Background

Himmatzoda was chosen as the inaugural leader of the party in 1991, following its official recognition. However, the onset of the civil war in 1992 led Himmatzoda to depart from Tajikistan and align himself with the United Tajik Opposition (UTO) while in exile. Subsequently, he was appointed as the deputy leader of the organization.

Editorial summary

“Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda” enters the record as politician (1951–2010). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Muhammad, Sharif and Himmatzoda can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 2010, 1991, 1992—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1951-07-06, 1953-07-06—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Muhammad, Sharif and Himmatzoda.
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Why this record matters

“Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Muhammad, Sharif and Himmatzoda provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4497760. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951, 2010, 1991 and 1992.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Muhammad Sharif Himmatzoda” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.