Zarifa Aliyeva

Zarifa Aziz gizi Aliyeva (Azerbaijani: Zərifə Əziz qızı Əliyeva; April 28, 1923 – April 15, 1985) was an Azerbaijani ophthalmologist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan and professor.[1]

Zərifə Əliyeva
Born(1923-04-28)April 28, 1923
Shakhtahkty village, Sharur, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
DiedApril 15, 1985(1985-04-15) (aged 61)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)Heydar Aliyev
ChildrenSevil Aliyeva
Ilham Aliyev
AwardsPremium named after M.I.Averbakh
Scientific career
FieldsOphthalmology
InstitutionsNational Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR
Website

She was the wife of third President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and the mother of the fourth President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

Biography

Zarifa Aziz gizi Aliyeva was born in Shakhtahkty village, Sharur, in 1923. Her father was Aziz Aliyev, People's Commissar of Public Health Services of the Azerbaijan SSR and later the first secretary of the Communist party's oblast committee of Dagestan. In 1948, she married Heydar Aliyev. On October 12, 1955, their daughter Sevil was born, and on December 24, 1961, their son Ilham was born. In 1982, she lived in Moscow with her family.

Much of Aliyeva's working life was spent at the Azerbaijan State Institute of Advanced Medical Studies.[2] She devised and introduced new methods for treatment of ocular diseases. She was the author of 14 monographs, hundreds of research papers, and 12 rationalization proposals.

Death and legacy

In 1985, she died of cancer and was buried in Moscow. Later, in 1994, her remains were reburied in the Alley of Honor, Baku.

Postage stamps of Azerbaijan, 2008

Postage stamps dedicated to Zarifa Aliyeva were released in 2003, 2008 and 2013.

Awards and honors
  • Superior award in the sphere of ophthalmology – Premium named after M.I.Averbakh- professor of medical studies.

Selected works
  • Anatomico-physiological features of the hydrodynamic system of the eye.
  • Age-caused changes in eye and optic nerve passages: (Morfohistochemical researches) (in co-authorship). Baku, 1980.
  • Professional pathology of eyesight (in co-authorship), 1988.
  • Modern surgical methods in the treatment of epiphora.
  • Lachrymal physiology.
  • Sparing surgery in the treatment of the lacrimal passages.[3]
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References
  1. "Bu gün aprelin 28 görkəmli oftalmoloq alim, akademik Zərifə xanım Əliyevanın anadan olmasının 87-ci ildönümüdür".
  2. "Зарифа Алиева".
  3. "BOOKS BY ZARIFA ALIYEVA".
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