P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

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Boqi, Mullo

Tajik author and journalist Mullo Boqi Maschohi was born in the
village of Postghu of Maschoh in the Zarafshan province in 1932.
Boqi graduated from Uroteppa Pedagogical Institute in 1952, and
from the State University of Khujand with a degree in Tajiki language
and literature in 1966. Between 1967 and 1970, he worked at the Shah-
rak Radio Station. In 1970, he joined the Union of Soviet Journalists,
and from then until 1988, worked at Haqiqati Leninobod. His first story,
entitled "Bars Kokulak," was published in 1969. His main themes
include criticism of the social and administrative degeneration of the
Soviet system. His other works include Bahodur Dilvarzin (Bahodur
Dilvarzin, 1976), Rohi Bardavom (Unending Road, 1979), and Ranghoi
Ruzigor (The Colors of the Firmament, 1989).
Boqi Maschohi died in Dushanbe in 1995.
Boqieva, Muslima
Tajik singer Muslima Boqieva was born on November 7, 1933, in
Bukhara. Although early on she worked among the havaskoron amateur
group of Bukhara, her career did not begin until 1953, when she entered
the company of the Ensemble of Rubob Players of the Tajik State Phil-
harmonic Society. Her repertoire includes a wide range of international
songs in Tajiki, Azeri, Russian, Turkmeni, and other languages. As a
member of the ensemble, she traveled to Iran (1957) and Afghanistan
(in 1963 and 1973) to perform concerts. Singing lyrics like "Ai Mash'ali
Sharq" ("O Flame of the East"), "Gul ba Bogh" ("Flower in the Gar-
den"), "Jomi Mai" ("Cup of Wine"), "Savghot" ("Souvenir"), and "Pak-
htachinon Misaroyand" ("Cotton Pickers Compose") is her forté. She
participated in the Tajik Decade of Art and Literature in Moscow and in
the sixth Youth Festival also in Moscow in 1957).