 Between 1950 and 2004 called Moskovskiy District, then renamed in honor of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a 14th-century Persia Great Islamic preacher,Traveller, poet, and scholar who preached Islam in different parts of world, and is buried in Khatlon.The district capital is Moskovskiy or Moskva () (located at ).The district is divided administratively into jamoats.