P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Sadahoi 12-17 Milodi (Historical Traditions of Tajik Music from the

12

th

 to the 17

th

 Centuries).

Rajabov's career began in 1975. He has served as Junior, then Senior

Scientific Worker, then Chief Scientific Worker of the Institute of His-

tory and Archaeology and Ethnography. In 1998, he became the Direc-

tor of the History of Art and Civilization Division of the Institute of

History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan. Since 1990, he also has been the Head of the International

Borbad Foundation. Rajabov's contributions include Tamadduni Musiqii

Tojikon dar Asrhoi 13-14 (The Civilizational Background of Tajik Mu-

sic of the 13

th

 and 14

th

 Centuries, Dushanbe, 1987); Kavkabii Bukhori

va Risolai Musiqii U (Kavkabi Bukhori and His Musical Essay,

Dushanbe, 1988); Zainulobiddin Mahmudi Hussayni va Risolai U

(Zainulobiddin Mahmudi Hussaini and His Essay, Dushanbe, 1988);

Afkori Musiqii Tojik dar Asrhoi 12-15 (Thought about Tajik Music from

the 12

th

 to the 15

th

 Centuries, Dushanbe, 1989); Borbad: Zamon va Sun-

nathoi Tamaddun (Borbad: His Time and Civilizational Traditions,

Dushanbe, 1989); Somonion va Ihyoi Tamadduni Forsi-Tojiki (The

Samanids and the Revival of the Civilization of the Fars-Tajik Peoples,

Dushanbe, 1989); Naqmai Niokon (The Music of the Ancients,

Dushanbe, 1989); Az Sur to Sitoi Sharif Jura (From "sur" to "sitoi" of

Sharif Jura, Dushanbe, 2000); and Az Borbad to Sabo  (From Borbad to

Saba, Dushanbe, 2001).

Rajabov is the recipient of various State prizes of the Republic of

Tajikistan. He has traveled to the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden,

Iran, England.