P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Musulmonqulov, Rahim

Tajik literary critic and linguist Rahim Musulmonqulov was born

into a farmer's family in the village of Yovuz in Qadodian on January

21, 1938.

Musulmonqulov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1962,

and became a Scientific Worker in Arabic in 1963. Between 1967 and

1979, he taught at the Department of Soviet Tajik Literature of

Tajikistan State University. He received his doctorate in linguistics in

1980, and became the Director of the same Department.

Musulmonqulov's first article, entitled "Nakhustin Povesti

Navisandai Jahon" ("The First Work of the World Writer"), was

published in 1960. It discusses a work of B. Ortikov entitled Ta'til

(Holiday). Musulmonqulov's works deal with the history of Tajik

literature and with the interaction among the intellectuals of

contemporary society and their predecessors. Musulmonqulov's

contributions include "Yodgori Mufid va Jomi'" ("A Useful and All-

Inclusive Souvenir," 1972), "Dar Borai Sokht va Mundarajai 'Badoyi' ul

Afkor fi Sanoi'ul Ash'or' of Koshifi" ("About the Structure and Contents

of Koshefi's 'Best Thoughts in the Art of Poetry,'" 1973), "Mafhumi

'Qasida' dar Sarchashnahoi Nazariyavii Asrhoii XI-XV" ("The Meaning

of 'Qasida' or Ode in the Theoretical Sources of XIth and XVth

Centuries," 1979), and others.

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