Karomatullo Qurbonov ( tg, Кароматулло Қурбонов, fa, کرامتالله قرباناف; 29 November 1961 – 17 October 1992) was a popular pop singer and composer from
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
. On 17 October 1992 Qurbonov and a number of his band members were murdered by gunmen from the
Popular Front militia.
Qurbonov was one of a number of intellectual and cultural figures murdered during the
Tajik Civil War. In 2008 a former member of the Popular Front, Mahmadahdi Nazarov, also known as Makhsum Mahdi, was convicted of Qurbonov's murder.
[
Qurbonov's daughter, ]Noziya Karomatullo
''Noziya Karomatullo'' ( tg, Нозияи Кароматулло; born 7 February 1988) is a Tajikistani singer. Nozia sings mostly in Tajik, however she also sings in Hindi and Persian. She performs in concerts, New-Year Parties, National Day P ...
, is one of the most popular musicians in Tajikistan today.
References
External links
His videos on Youtube
* that Noziya Karomatullo
''Noziya Karomatullo'' ( tg, Нозияи Кароматулло; born 7 February 1988) is a Tajikistani singer. Nozia sings mostly in Tajik, however she also sings in Hindi and Persian. She performs in concerts, New-Year Parties, National Day P ...
dedicated to her father Karomatullo Qurbonov
Tajikistani musicians
1961 births
1992 deaths
People from Khatlon Region
Tajikistani murder victims
20th-century Tajikistani musicians
20th-century Tajikistani singers
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