P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Boqieva, Muslima

Tajik singer Muslima Boqieva was born on November 7, 1933, in

Bukhara. Although early on she worked among the havaskoron amateur

group of Bukhara, her career did not begin until 1953, when she entered

the company of the Ensemble of Rubob Players of the Tajik State Phil-

harmonic Society. Her repertoire includes a wide range of international

songs in Tajiki, Azeri, Russian, Turkmeni, and other languages. As a

member of the ensemble, she traveled to Iran (1957) and Afghanistan

(in 1963 and 1973) to perform concerts. Singing lyrics like "Ai Mash'ali

Sharq" ("O Flame of the East"), "Gul ba Bogh" ("Flower in the Gar-

den"), "Jomi Mai" ("Cup of Wine"), "Savghot" ("Souvenir"), and "Pak-

htachinon Misaroyand" ("Cotton Pickers Compose") is her forté. She

participated in the Tajik Decade of Art and Literature in Moscow and in

the sixth Youth Festival also in Moscow in 1957).