Toshmuhammad Qori-Niyoziy (Uzbek Cyrillic: Тошмуҳаммад Ниёзович Қори-Ниёзий, Russian: Ташмухамед Ниязович Кары-Ниязов, Tashmukhamed Niyazovich Kary-Niyazov; 2 September [O.S.

Several years later he graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Central Asian State University in Tashkent; he defended his thesis in Uzbek.

[2] Whilst a university student, he was tasked with teaching advanced math classes such as analytic geometry in the Uzbek language.

He also devoted a considerable amount of time to researching the history of Uzbekistan and historic academic works, with a special focus on astronomy and archaeology.

Dzerzhinky Military Academy and follow in his father's footsteps with a career in mathematics, but specialized in ballistics and rocket technology.

His work included serving as editor-in-chief of the Uzbek science magazine Fan va turmush and deputy chairman of the board for preserving historic and cultural monuments of Uzbekistan.