Karomatullo Qurbonov (Tajik: Кароматулло Қурбонов, Persian: کرامتالله قرباناف) (November 29, 1961 – October 17, 1992) was a popular pop singer and composer from Tajikistan. On October 17, 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.
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29 November 1961 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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Died |
1992 (aged 30)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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