P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Rajabov, Ma'rufkhoja

Tajik linguist Ma'rufkhoja Saidovich Rajabov was born into a family

of workers in Kulab on February 14, 1955. He received his early educa-

tion in Kulab.

Rajabov graduated with distinction from the Kulab Pedagogical

University in 1976. Thereafter, he worked at the same institution as a

teacher. In 1979, he entered the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. In

1983 and 1984, he worked as the Director of the Propaganda Division

of the House of Atheism for the "Donish" Association of the Republic.

In 1983, he defended his thesis, entitled Inkishofi Zhonri Ta'rikh dar

Nasri Solhoi 60-70i Adabiyoti Shavravii Tojik (The Development of the

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