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Faiziev, Abdulhaq
Tajik geologist Abdulhaq Rajabovich Faiziev was born in the village
of Yor in Panjakent on March 15, 1938.
Faiziev graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1959, and until
1960, was an intern in the Department of Geology and Petrography of
Tajikistan State University. In 1968, he became an Assistant Professor
in the same department. He received his doctorate degree in geology in
1982 and became a professor in 1983. In 1985, he became the Dean of
the Faculty of Geology of Tajikistan State University.
Faiziev's research deals with the mineralogy of the fluoride mines in
various parts of Tajikistan. The contributions of Faiziev include Miner-
alogia i osobennosti genezisa fliuoritovikh mestorozhdenii iugozapad-
nogo Karategina (Mineralogy and the Specifics of the Appearance of
Fluoride Mines in Southwest Gharotegin, Dushanbe, 1972).
Faizullo, Habibullo
Tajik author and poet Habibullo Faizullo was born in Khavaling in
the town of Vose' of Kulab province in 1945.
Faizullo graduated from the Tajikistan State Pedagogical Institute in
1966, and from the Gorkii Literature Institute in Moscow in 1973.
Thereafter, he worked at Ma'orif va Madaniyyat, Javononi Tojikiston,
and Dairatul Ma'orifi Shavravii Tojik. His early poems were published
in the 1960s. The themes of his poems deal with patriotism. His contri-
butions include "Qatrai Boron" ("Raindrop, " 1966), "Dunyoi Javoni"
("Youthful Days," 1971), "Rozi Daryo" ("The Secret of the Sea, "
1974), "Didori Orizuho" ("Visiting Desires, " 1979), "Obshori Oftob"
("The Waterfall of the Sun," 1981), and "Armughon" ("Gift," 1987).
Faizullo joined the Union of the Writers of Tajikistan in 1976.
He died in 1980.
Faizulloev, Bahodur
Tajik author Bahodur Faizulloev was born into a family of workers
of Uroteppa on September 26, 1938. He joined the CPSU in 1964.

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