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Hamidov, Nabijon
Tajik physician and therapist Nabijon Hamidov was born in Khujand
on September 6, 1934.
Hamidov graduated from Tajikistan State Medical Institute in 1957
and remained there for the next two years working at the clinic of the
Department of Internal Diseases. In 1963, he became a Lecturer. In
1964, he became an Assistant Professor. He received his doctorate de-
gree in medicine in 1973 and became a professor in 1975. He also be-
came the Head of the Department of Internal Diseases of the Faculty of
Pediatrics of Tajikistan State Medical Institute.

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Hamidov's research deals with the heart and vein systems.

He became a Distinguished Contributor to Health at the Union Level
in 1974.
Hamroev, Obloqul
Tajik novelist Obloqul Hamroev, also known by the penname of
Sorbon, was born into the family of a collective farmer in the village of
Amondara in Panjakent province of Zarafshan in January 27, 1940.
Hamroev graduated in 1963 from Tajikistan State University with a
degree in Persian language and literature. Between 1963 and 1982, he
taught at the Tajikistan State University. He also worked at Sado va
Simoi Tojikiston, Irfon Publications, and for Madaniyati Tojikiston.
After 1982, he served as the Associate Prose Editor of the Union of
Writers of Tajikistan.
Hamroev's first collection of stories was published in 1969. It was
entitled Gap dar Dil (Not Everything Is Said). His other stories are
centered on events of the October Revolution and of the Second World
War. Hamroev's other works include Zangi Avval (The First Session,
1970), Sangi Sipar (The Shield Rock, 1973), Kowli (The Gypsy, 1975),
Shinil (Overcoat, 1980), Sabo (Saba, 1980), Hunarpisha (Actor, 1984),
Zarafshon (The Zarafshan Region, two volumes, 1988), and Dashti
Moron (The Desert of the Snakes, 1991).
Hamroev's stories deal with the lives of women; the delight of rural
life; establishment of Soviet power, especially in the Zarafshan Valley;
and the difficulties that the Tajiks experienced in World War II. His sto-
ries made Hamroev extremely popular in the 1970s.
He joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1971.
Hamroev, Said
Tajik composer Said Hamroev was born in Ghizhduvon, in present-
day Uzbekistan, on November 22, 1935. He studied first at the Native
Instruments Division (1951-55) and then at the Composer's Division of
the Stalinabad School (1959-61).
From 1961 to 1963, he studied composing at the Tashkent Conser-
vatory. He created a number of monumental operas and musical works,
including Sherak (Sherak, 1970), Bizhan va Manizheh (Bizhan and
Manizheh, 1975), Javoni (Youth, 1975), and others.
He also has contributed music to several spectacles staged at the
Musical Comedy Theater of Leninabad and the Lahuti State Theater at

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