Said Abdullo Nuri (March 15, 1947, Oshtien, Tajikistan - August 9, 2006, Dushanbe) was a Tajik Muslim cleric and politician. During the Tajik Civil War of 1992-1997, he led the United Tajik OppositionRadio Free Europe, http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/08/aff1c624-af45-482f-b022-f44ef42013ba.html Tajikistan: Influential Islamic Politician Remembered, and from 1993 was also head of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan. His death in August 2006 was caused by cancer.