Aman Kekilov (, ''Аман Кекилов''; Keshi village, current

Ahal Province Ahal Region (; from , also ) is one of five provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 886,845 (2022 census).''Statistical Yearbook ...

, 9 May 1912 – 13 December 1974) was a

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. Among his relations was the writer and dissident Annasoltan Kekilova.

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