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Zafari, 1937; Firuz in Lola (Lola), by S. Balasanian and S. Urbakh,

1941; Nazir in Shurishi Vose' (The Vose' Uprising), by S. Balasanian,
1944; Onigin in Evgini Onigin  (Evgeni Onegin), by P. I. Tchaikovsky,
1946; Rigoletto in Rigoletto (Rigoletto), by G. Verdi, 1953; Vali in
Arshin Mololon (Arshin Malalan), by Hojibekov, 1955; Akram in Pulod
va Gulru (Pulad and Gulru), by Saifuddinov, 1957; and others.
Between 1961 and 1962, he worked at the Lahuti State Academy of
Dramatic Arts. In 1963, he turned to teaching to transfer his skills to the
younger generation of artists.
Mulloqandov became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1941. He also
received the Red Banner of Labor, two Orders of the Badge of Honor,
and a number of other medals.
Mu'min Qano'at
See Qano'atov, Mu'min.
Murodi, Ali Muhammad
Tajik poet Ali Muhammad Murodi was born in Khatlan in 1945.
Upon his graduation from Tajikistan State University in 1969, he
entered the teaching profession. From there he went into journalism
and, eventually, following Bozor Sobir, he became a poet.
Murodi's first collection of poems, Ob va Obodoni (Water and
Rehabilitation), was published in 1980. His other contributions include
Dasti Nihol (The Hand of the Sapling, 1983), Nozi Navruz (The
Coquetry of the New Year, 1988), and Rohi Ruh (The Path of the Soul,
1993).
Murodi joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1987.
Murodov, Jurabek
Tajik singer and composer Jurabek Murodov was born on December
24, 1942, in the village of Kurud in the Aini district of Leninabad. He
joined the CPSU in 1967.
A student of Hoji Abulaziz and Boymuhammad Niyozov, he knows
the intricacies of classical songs more than any of the other composers.
Murodov graduated from Leninabad Pedagogical Institute in 1962.
He spent the next year teaching at the same institute. In 1963, he
became a soloist for the Tajik Philharmonic Society. In 1993, he
became a soloist at the Khujand Theater Named After Kamal Khujandi.

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