Zhulād of Gōzgān, ruler of the mid 7th century, in the region of Guzgan, then part of Tokharistan Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani, 9th century Muslim scholar, student of ibn Hanbal Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani, from the 11th century, the famous pupil of Avicenna, was from this region, hence his name Abdul Rashid Dostum, Vice President of Afghanistan, is from Hodja Dukhu[citation needed] village of this province Qari Hekmat, leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Darzab District. Abdul Salam Hanafi, Acting Second Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan.