P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Ni'matulloev, Sobit
Tajik seismologist Sobit Habibulloevich Ni'matulloev was born in
Uroteppa on September 16, 1937. He joined the CPSU in 1966.
Ni'matulloev graduated from the Tajikistan Polytech Institute in
1961. In 1966, he became the Associate Academic and Secretary for
physics, mathematics, geology, and chemistry, as well as the Director of
the Department of Seismology of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan. He became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of
Sciences of Tajikistan in 1972. Under his leadership, the first laboratory
for measuring seismic tremors was established. His contributions
include Skhimahoi Hisobu Kitobi Dinomikii Binoho va Lappishhoi
Ozodi Onho (Schemes for the Calculation of Building Dynamics and
Their Free Swashes, 1971) and Problemahoi Hozirazamoni
Sizmologiyoi Inzheneri va Nazariyai Zilzilabardori (Contemporary
Seismological Engineering Problems and the Theory of Earthquake
Zones, 1976).
Ni'matulloev is a recipient of the Order of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Niyozi Nurmuhammad
See Niyozmatov, Nurmamat.

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Niyozi, Foteh

Uzbek/Tajik author and journalist Foteh Niyozi was born on April
18, 1914, into a family of workers in Samarqand. He joined the CPSU
in 1941.
Niyozi graduated from the Samarqand Pedagogical Institute in 1929,
and from the Tashkent University in 1950. His earlier poems, which
were in Uzbeki, include "Yosh Leninchi" ("Young Follower of Lenin")
and "Lenin Yoli" ("Lenin's Path"). His other contributions in Uzbeki
include "Bu Kunin Ghazeli" ("Today's Sonnet," 1938) and "Sevgi"
("Love," 1940).
Niyozi moved to Dushanbe in 1934. Between 1952 and 1956, he was
the Chief Editor of Sharqi Surkh. Before that he worked at Haqiqati
Uzbekiston, Mu'allimon, and Tojikistoni Surkh. He also served as the
Secretary of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan, and as an Assistant to
the Committee of Sado va Simoi Tojikiston. Niyozi became a member
of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1938. His major works include
Vafo (Loyalty, Vol. 1, 1949; Vol. 2, 1958), Har Bisha Gumon Nabar ki
Kholist (Don't Take It for Granted that Every Forest Is Empty, 1974),
Dukhtari Hamsoya (The Neighbor's Daughter, 1955), Diruz, Imruz,
Fardo (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 1964), and Sarbozoni Bisiloh
(Soldiers Without Arms, 1986). Between 1974 and 1978, Niyozi's
Asarhoi Muntakhab (Selected Works) was published in four volumes.
Niyozi became a People's Poet of Tajikistan in1968, and won the
Rudaki State Prize (1977). He also received two Orders of the Red
Banner of Labor, two Badges of Honor, eleven Orders of the Patriotic
War, and the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
Tajikistan.
He died in Dushanbe in 1992.