P rominent t ajik f igures of the

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.