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Faizulloev graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1957 and

worked at Haqiqati Uzbekistan and Tojikistoni Soveti. In 1967, he be-
came the editor of the literary and artistic division of Khorpushtak. His
stories are mainly satirical. His contributions include "Kami Mo u
Karami Shumo" ("Our Shortcoming Versus Your Generosity," 1970);
"Yak Daqiqa Birun Baroid" ("Step Out for a Minute," 1975); "Ob-
sofkunak" ("The Sieve," 1980); and "Kamkori Sirtaradud" ("Little
Work, Much Traffic," 1983).
Faizulloev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1975.
Faizulloev, Boboqul
Tajik singer, instrumentalist, and master of maqoms (modes)
Boboqul Faizulloev, also referred to as Boboqulaka, was born in the
village of Archiman of Ghizhduvon in Bukhara in 1899. He began study
of Shashmaqom in early childhood. He went to Bukhara when he was
14 and studied under the famous tambourine player, Saidjon Avaz. At
the beginning of the 1930s, he became a teacher of music at Ghizhdu-
von. Sometime after that, he was invited by Sadriddin Aini to accom-
pany other master musicians to Dushanbe. In 1936, he was the first to
play a Shashmaqom piece on Soviet radio. After the formation of the
Radio Tajikistan Shashmaqom Ensemble in 1946, he became one of the
leaders of this group.
For his preparation of the complete Shashmaqom, in cooperation
with Sh. Sahibov, Sh. Shahobov, and V. Belyaev, he received the Taji-
kistan Rudaki State Prize in 1972.
Faizulloev became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1947. He is the
recipient of the Medal of Lenin, and the Badge of Honor.
He died on February 27, 1964, in Dushanbe.
Faizulloev, Ibod
Tajik author and journalist Ibod Faizulloev was born in the village of
Char Kuh of Isfara, in Khujand province on April 12, 1935.
Faizulloev graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree
in Tajiki language and literature in 1959. Between 1959 and 1963, he
worked for Tojikistoni Shavravi. Then, from 1977 to 1979, he served as
the Chief Editor of the same paper. In 1979, he became the Chief of the
Education Department of the Central Committee of the Communist