P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Qosimov, Abulkhair
Tajik actor Abulkhair Qosimov was born into a merchant family in
Bukhara on August 2, 1907. He learned the art of acting from his father.
In 1924, he joined the Bukhara havaskoron amateur group and per-
formed the role of Lolakhon in Lolakhon (Lolakhon).
Qosimov performed from 1929 to 1933 at the Music Drama Named
After F. Khujaev (now the Aini Theater for Opera and Ballet). In 1933,
with Qosimov's support, a theater for young audiences was opened. In
it, he was both an actor and a director. He was an actor between 1937
and 1941 at the State Drama Theater of Stalinabad. In 1942 and 1943,
he became the leading director and actor of the Music Drama Theater of
Khorugh. From 1944 to 1946, he was the Leader of the People's Theater
of Gharm and between 1946 and 1962, he was an actor at the Lahuti
Theater for Dramatic Arts. Qosimov went into retirement in 1962.
The roles Qosimov created include Niozi Choikhonchi in Man bo
Dukhtari Vokhurdam (I Met a Girl, 1956); Kulol in Qismati Sho'ir (The
Lot of the Poet, 1959); Yusuf in Amaliyoti "Kobr" (" Kobra's" Actions,
1960); Ghafforkhuja in Khiyonat (Treason, 1967); and others.

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Qosimov is the creator of the 1985 play entitled Jasorat (Boldness).

He also participated in the television production of Choikhonai Dilku-
sho (The Pleasant Teahouse), Bigharaz Pand (Impartial Advice), and
others.
Qosimov joined the Union of Cinematographers of the Soviet Union
in 1961. He became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1967. He was a
recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of Tajikistan.
Qosimov passed away in 1999.