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Tahirov is the recipient of the "Honored Scientist of Tajikistan."

Tilovov, Bozor
Tajik folklorist Bozor Tilovov was born into a farming family in
Panjakent on February 25, 1932. He joined the CPSU in 1955.
Tilovov graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in
Philology in 1956. From 1956 to 1958, he taught at Tajikistan State
University. Between 1961 and 1963, he was a Junior Scientific Worker,
and from 1964 to 1968, he was a Senior Scientific Worker of the Folk-
lore Division. During 1969 and 1970, he was the Acting Director of the
Folklore Division. Then, between 1970 and 1986, he was a Senior Sci-
entific Worker for the Folklore Division. He received his doctorate de-
gree in philosophy in 1975. In 1986, he was appointed Director of the
Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan.
Tilovov’s research deals with Tajik folklore in general, and with the
repertoire of Tajik idioms in particular. His findings contain both theo-
retical insight and practical application. He is one of the contributors to
the five-volume Kulliyoti Zarbulmasalhoi Tojik (A Compendium of
Tajik Aphorisms), which was published in Tajiki, Russian, Persian, and
English. He also has contributed to the compilation and publication of
several encyclopedia-type volumes dealing with Tajik folklore. His
contributions include Poetikai Zarbulmasal va Maqolahoi Khalqii
Tojiki (The Poetics of Aphorism and Essays on Tajik Idioms, 1967) and
Zarbulmasalhoi Mashhur (Well-known Aphorisms, 1983).
Toji Sulton
See Sultonova, Toji.
Toji Usmon
See Usmon, Toji.
Tojiboev, Tohir
Tajik actor and director Tohir Tojiboev was born in Khujand in
1909. In 1930, he joined the Theater affiliated with the educational in-
stitution of Khujand . He is regarded as one of the founders of theater in
Khujand. He joined the CPSU in 1947.

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Tojiboev joined the Lahuti Theater for Dramatic Arts in the 1940s

and became a famous actor. From 1955 to 1970, he worked at the Push-
kin Music and Drama Theater in Leninabad. The roles he created in-
clude Tohir in Tohir va Zuhro (Tohir and Zuhro), by S. Abdullo,
Ne'mat in Halima (Halima), by Gh. Zafari, and others.
He also has made contributions by bringing such works as Nurkhon
(Nurkhon), by K. Yashin, Laili va Majnun (Layli and Majnun), by Sh.
Khurshed, Irodai Zan (Woman's Resolve), by A. Sidqi, and other major
works to the Tajik stage.
Tojiboev became a People's Artist of Tajikstan in 1964. He was the
recipient of the Excellence in Labor and the Veteran of Labor Awards,
as well as the Red Banner of Courage.
Tojiboev died in Khujand on January 16, 1978.