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State Academy of Dramatic Arts, TajikFilm Studio, Sado va Simoi To-

jikiston, and the Tajikistan youth Theater.
A number of Qiomov's plays have been staged in the major theaters
of Tajikistan. His major works include Dilro ba Dil Rohi Ast (Hearts
Talk to Each Other, [with A. Marazov] 1955); Tufon (Storm, [with
Ghani Abdullo] 1957); Rushnoi dar Qala'-i Hisor (Light in the Hissar
Fort, 1964); Pushaimoni (Repentance, 1968); and Az Balo Hazar
(Avoid Calamity, 1987).
He joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1962, and be-
came a member of the Union of Cinematographers in 1959.
Qobilov, Muhammad
Tajik actor Muhammad Qobilov was born into a farming family in
the Khavaling district of Kulab on August 9, 1920. He joined the CPSU
in 1959.
In 1936, Qobilov began working at the theater that is now named
after Sadriddin Aini, and performed as a dancer until 1960. He played a
number of Tajik characters and participated in a number of ballets. The
characters he created include Zamon and Davron in Du Gul (Two Flow-
ers) and Dilbar (Ravisher), by A. S. Lenskii; Majnun in Laili va Ma-
jnun (Layli and Majnun), by S. Balasanian; Shohzoda in Shohzoda
(Prince), by S. Propokiev; and others.
Among the Tajik dancers in the theater, Qobilov was the only one to
master the intricacies of European dance. He played many of the major
roles between 1940 and 1950. After he retired, he continued his contact
with the people by training young Tajiks in his profession.
Qobilov became a Distinguished Actor of Tajikistan in 1947. He was
a recipient of the State Award of the Soviet Union in 1949.
Qobilov, Narimon
Tajik physician Narimon Mavlyanovich Qabilov, also referred to as
Kabilov, was born on June 11, 1929, into a family of workers of Koni-
bodom. He received his early education in the Russian schools.
Qabilov graduated from the Stalinabad Medical Institute in 1952. In
1952 and 1953, he served as a Senior Scientific Worker at the Depar-
ment of Pharmacology. From 1953 to 1957, he was an intern in the
same department. Between 1957 and 1959, he served as an intern at the
Department of Pharmacology in the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute.
From 1959 to 1963, he served as a Senior Scientific Worker at the Re-

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gional Medical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Be-

tween 1963 and 1974, he served in the Departments of Pharmocology
and Experimental Anesthesiology. From 1974 to 1982, he was Head of
the Department of Physiology and Sports Medicine. He defended his
thesis in 1958, and received his doctorate degree in medicine in 1972,
and became a professor in 1976. Between 1982 and 1985, he served as
Head of the Department of Biology and Medicine, as well as the Editor
of the Medical Encyclopedia.
Qabilov's recent publications include Medical plants of Tajikistan
(1963); Obezbolivanie v ambulatornoi stomatologicheskoi praktike
(Pain Prevention in Experimental Conditions of Stomatology at Home,
Moscow, 1966); Effect of Laser in Stomatology, 1970; Trimacain in
Stomatology, 1970.
Qabilov is the recipient of the Red Banner of Labor (1970), and the
Order of Veteran of Labor (1988).