P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Murtazoev Buri
See Murtazoev, Bakhtiyor.

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Musoeva, Rafiqa

Tajik politician Rafiqa Musoeva was born in 1953.
Musoeva received her engineering degree from the Moscow Institute
of Engineers of Civil Aviation in 1979, then became a Lecturer at the
Tajik Politechnical Institute. She was appointed Secretary of the Central
Committee of the Komsomol of Tajikistan in 1980, and First Secretary
of the Central District of the Dushanbe CPT Committee in 1987. She
was elected to the Parliament in 1989 and to the Parliament's successor,
the National Assembly, in 1994. In the same year, she also became the
Chair of the State Building Committee of the Tajik Congress (Majlisi
Oli). Since 1995, Musoeva has been a leading figure in the CPT, as well
as in the Tajik Congress.
Musulmonqulov, Rahim
Tajik literary critic and linguist Rahim Musulmonqulov was born
into a farmer's family in the village of Yovuz in Qadodian on January
21, 1938.
Musulmonqulov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1962,
and became a Scientific Worker in Arabic in 1963. Between 1967 and
1979, he taught at the Department of Soviet Tajik Literature of
Tajikistan State University. He received his doctorate in linguistics in
1980, and became the Director of the same Department.
Musulmonqulov's first article, entitled "Nakhustin Povesti
Navisandai Jahon" ("The First Work of the World Writer"), was
published in 1960. It discusses a work of B. Ortikov entitled Ta'til
(Holiday). Musulmonqulov's works deal with the history of Tajik
literature and with the interaction among the intellectuals of
contemporary society and their predecessors. Musulmonqulov's
contributions include "Yodgori Mufid va Jomi'" ("A Useful and All-
Inclusive Souvenir," 1972), "Dar Borai Sokht va Mundarajai 'Badoyi' ul
Afkor fi Sanoi'ul Ash'or' of Koshifi" ("About the Structure and Contents
of Koshefi's 'Best Thoughts in the Art of Poetry,'" 1973), "Mafhumi
'Qasida' dar Sarchashnahoi Nazariyavii Asrhoii XI-XV" ("The Meaning
of 'Qasida' or Ode in the Theoretical Sources of XIth and XVth
Centuries," 1979), and others.

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