Zarifa Aliyeva

Zarifa Aliyeva
Zərifə Əliyeva
Born	(1923-04-28)April 28, 1923 Shakhtahkty village, Sharur, Azerbaijan SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	April 15, 1985(1985-04-15) (aged 61) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Spouse	Heydar Aliyev ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	Sevil Aliyeva Ilham Aliyev
Awards	Premium named after M. I. Averbakh (1981)
Scientific career
Fields	Ophthalmology
Institutions	National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR
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Zarifa Aziz gizi Aliyeva (Azerbaijani: Zərifə Əziz qızı Əliyeva; 28 April 1923 – 15 April 1985) was an Azerbaijani ophthalmologist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan and professor.^[1]

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