Azhdar Ibragimov was born on April 29, 1919 in Ashkhabad, Turkestan ASSR [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan]. He was a director and writer, known for Ferhat ile Sirin (1978), Iyirmialtilar (1966) and Qaynana (1978). He died on September 20, 1993 in Moscow, Russia.