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Rabiev, Muhammad

Tajik author and playwright Muhammad Rabiev was born into a

merchant family of Samarqand on May 2, 1913. He joined the CPSU in

1941.

Rabiev graduated from the Dushanbe Labor Institute in 1934. Soon

after, he joined the Khorugh City Theater Company as an actor. Be-

tween 1941 and 1945, he participated in the war effort. After the war, he

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worked at the Ministry of Education of Tajikistan and at Kino Studio

(TajikFilm). He was the Director of the Aini Opera and Ballet Theater

between 1957 and 1960. His plays, which deal with historical and

revolutionary themes, include Du Gul (Two Flowers, 1941); Sahvi

Rustam (Rustam's Error, 1948); Sa'odat (Good Fortune, 1949); Dilbar

(Ravisher, 1954); Shuhrati Nik (Good Reputation, 1956); Gulhoi Kanori

Shahr (Flowers on the Outskirts of Town, 1963); and Oftob Baroiton

Miros Ast (The Sun Is Your Heritage, 1965). A selection of his best

pieces was presented in Naqshi Zindagi (The Design of Life) in 1984.

Rabiev joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1963. He

was decorated with many medals. Rabiev died in Dushanbe on May 20,

1983.