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Farhat joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1947, and

he also received the Badge of Honor, three Orders of the Presidium of
the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan and of Belarus. Farhat died in
Dushanbe on May 30, 1984.
Farrukh Burhon
See Mahkamov, Burhon.
Farzona
See Khojaeva, Inoyat
Firuz, Bahrom
Tajik author and poet Bahrom Boboevich Firuz was born into the
family of a teacher in the village of Bazarkat of Samarqand in 1939.
He graduated from the Samarqand Pedagogical Institute in 1956, and
from the Khujand State University in 1962. For a while, he taught at the
latter institution. Between 1964 and 1978, he contributed to Komsomoli
Tojikiston, Madaniyati Tojikiston, Sadoi Sharq, as well as to Sozmoni
Sado va Simoi Tojikiston, as well as to Irfon and Adib Publishers. His
first collection of poetry, entitled Rozhoi Mahabbat-Rozhoi Shabi
Mahtobi (The Secrets of Love, the Secrets of the Moonlit Night), was
published in 1967.
Firuz's stories deal with the moral and ethical problems of the con-
temporary Tajik youth. After 1970, he shifted from poetry to prose. His
other works include "Silsila" ("Dynasty," 1973), "Ba Dunboli Sitora"
("In Pursuit of Sitora," 1976), "Ganj dar Vairona" ("Treasure in the
Ruins," 1977), "Rukhsora" ("Visage," 1978), "Tu Tanho Nisti" ("You
Are Not Alone," 1980), "Haqiqati Talkh" ("Bitter Truth," 1980), "Tor
va Pud" ("The Warp and Woof," 1983), and "Agar U Mard Bud" ("If
He Were a Man," 1988).
He joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1971.
Foteh Niyozi
See Niyozi, Foteh.

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Fozilov, Mullojon

Tajik linguist Mullojon Fozilovich Fozilov was born to a merchant
family in Konibodom of Khujand province in 1914. He joined the
CPSU in 1944.
Fozilov graduated from Leningrad State University in 1940, then