P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Hasanov
See Farhat, Muhiddin.
Hasanov, Abdurahim
Tajik geologist Abdurahim Hasanov was born in Dushanbe on Janu-
ary 1, 1933. He joined the CPSU in 1960.
Hasanov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1954. Be-
tween 1952 and 1961, he was a Senior Laboratory Assistant, and later
Senior Instructor at the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography of
the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Tajikistan State University. In 1963,
he became an Assistant Professor; in 1964, he was a Senior Scientific
Worker; in 1966, he became Head of the Department of Mineralogy and
Petrography. He received his doctorate degree in geology and mineral-
ogy in 1970, and became a professor in 1971. From 1980 until 1985, he
was the Dean of the Faculty of Geology of Tajikistan State University,
and in 1985, he became the Director of the Faculty of Geology of Taji-
kistan State University.
Hasanov's research deals with the problems of mineralogy, geology
and petrography in relation to mines in Central Tajikistan. His contri-
butions include Geologia va Progrese Ilmi-Tekhniki (Geology and Ad-
vances in Science and Technology, Dushanbe, 1981); Ba'zi Fikr u Mu-
lohizaho dar borai Zilzila (Some Thoughts and Considerations Re-
garding Earthquakes, Dushanbe, 1982); Petrologia i rudonosnost' me-
tasomaticheskikh kompleksov Tsentral'nogo Tadzhikistana (Mineralogy
and the Metacosmetic Complex of Mine Ownership in Central Tajiki-
stan, Dushanbe, 1966).
Hasanov is a recipient of the Red Banner of Courage and the 100
th
Anniversary of the Birth of Lenin Prize.

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Hasanov, Faizali

Tajik singer Faizali Hasanov was born into a farming family in the
village of Songonel in Kulab on June 16, 1948. Hasanov learned the in-
tricacies of the art of singing from People's Singer of Tajikistan Odina
Hoshimov.
Hasanov graduated from the Dushanbe School of Music in 1988 and
from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1972. He worked as a singer
at the People's Theater of Moscow until 1975. In the same year,
Hasanov became the Director of the School of Music of the District of
Moscow. He specialized in singing folksongs with a high degree of skill
and had a unique music style. His contributions include "Tarki
'Ishqbozi" ("Abandoning Love"), a song based on the poetry of Hafiz;
"Khush Namioyad Maro" ("It Does Not Please Me"), "Tiri Mizhgon"
("The Arrow of the Eyelids"), "Soqari Hasti" ("The Cup of Existence")
"Vatani Mo" ("Our Fatherland"), "Savgand" ("Oath"); and "Khabar
Bigir" ("Find Out").
Hasanov became a People's Singer of Tajikistan in 1978. He was the
recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of Tajikistan.