Mu'tabar Ibrahimova (

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: Муътабар Иброҳимова, ; 2 January 1930 – 18 May 2008) was a

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

i actress of the

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era. Ibrahimova was born in

Konibodom Konibodom (, ; ) is a city in the Sughd Region of northern Tajikistan, in western Fergana Valley. It has a population of 54,400 (2022 est.). Etymology The city was mentioned in Sogdian documents recovered from the Qal'a-yi Mugh archaeologic ...

, and in 1945 entered the Leninabad (later

Khujand Khujand, sometimes spelled Khodjent and formerly known as Leninabad from 1936 to 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of Tajikistan's northernmost Sughd province. Khujand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, d ...

) Institute of Music while working at the Leninabad Youth Theater. She was on the roster of the Pushkin Comedy Musical Theater of the Republic in 1947. Her first role was Asalkhon in ''Gulsara'' by

Kamil Yashin Komil Yashin ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Komil Yashin, Комил Яшин; , romanized Kamil Yashen; — 25 September 1997) was a Soviet-Uzbek author, poet, dramatist, screenwriter, and celebrity. ''Ogonyok'' magazine described him as "the greatest modern U ...

and M. Muhammadov, in 1949, after which she played many of the main roles in works presented by the theater. Other roles which she essayed include Modar in ''Mother Was Worried'' by Faizullo Ansori; the title role in ''Nurkhon'' by Komil Yashin; Farmobini in ''The Rebellion of the Brides'' by Said Ahmad; Shamsiniso in ''By Order of the Cheka'' by Azam Sidqi; Sad Barq in ''The Poet's Heart'' by

Rahim Jalil Rahim (''Raḥīm'' , also anglicized as Raheem) is an Arabic word meaning "Merciful", from the root '' R-Ḥ-M.'' Al-Rahim (the Merciful) is one of the attributes of God according to Islam. It is a male given name, sometimes a hypocorism for Abdu ...

; and Shirin in ''Farhad and Shirin'', also by Komil Yashin. Ibrohimova was also active as a screen actress, with roles in such films as ''When the Mill Stopped'', 1973; ''The Unimportant Beecame Important'', 1976; and ''Strange Luck''. Named a

People's Artist of the Tajik SSR People's Artist of the Tajik SSR (Народный артист Таджикской ССР), is an honorary title awarded to citizens of the Tajik SSR in the Soviet Union. It is awarded for outstanding performance in the performing arts, whose me ...

in 1974, she received numerous other awards during her career, including three medals, the

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, and the Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan. She remained associated with the theater in Khujand for the duration of her career, and was otherwise active in local cultural life as well.

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1930 births 2008 deaths People from Konibodom Tajikistani film actresses Tajikistani stage actresses Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses People's Artists of the Tajik SSR {{Tajikistan-bio-stub