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Abdulloev, Khairullo
Tajik music composer Khairullo Abdulloev was born on February 1,
1930, in Kulab, in southern Tajikistan. Abdulloev began his career
under the supervision of his father. Between 1943 and 1948, he was the
ghizhzhak (xylophone) player for the Kulab Theater for Dramatic Arts.

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Abdulloev graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute of

Music in 1953, and from the Moscow State Music Conservatory in
1958. From 1958 to 1960, he was a teacher at the Dushanbe Peda-
gogical School of Music. Between 1960 and 1965, he was music editor
for Tajikistan Television. From 1965 to 1967, he was the Head of the
Music Hall of the Center for People's Creative Arts in Dushanbe. In
1968, he became the Chief Music Editor for Tajikistan Television.
Abdulloev is the author of a 1956 volume on three major instru-
ments: violin, violin cello, and piano. His other works include Sadoi
Osio (The Voice of Asia, 1957), Ba V. I. Lenin (To V. I. Lenin, 1965),
Nolai Tahmina (Tahmina's Lament, 1967), and Dostoni Simfoni (The
Story of the Symphony, 1972).
Abdulloev, Ziyodullo
Tajik poet Ziyodullo Abdulloev, also referred to as Ziyo Abdullo,
was born into a farming family in the village of Khishtkupruk of
Qabodion on December 10, 1948.
Abdulloev graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in
1971. He worked for a number of years thereafter as a teacher, reporter
for Komsomoli Tojikiston, and a copy editor for Sadoi Sharq. In 1983,
he joined the literary and artistic staff of the Union of Writers of
Tajikistan.
Abdulloev's first poems appeared early in the 1970s. His early contri-
butions are published in two volumes: Iftikhori Zamon (The Pride of
Ages, 1982) and Daryo (The River, 1985). His other works include Kafi
Khok (The Foam of the Earth, 1982), Forugh (Light, 1990), as well as
an interpretation of Abdurahmon Mushfiqi's Zeri Tegh (Under the
Sword, 1991), Majmuai Dastajam'i (Group Collection, Moscow, 1998),
and Tajovuze Nur (Encroachment of Light).
The themes of Abdulloev's poetry include patriotism, the labor of the
farmers, and the praises of the beautiful scenery of Tajikistan.
Abdulloev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1984.