Karomatullo Qurbonov | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Karomatullo |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1961 |
Birth Place: | Kulob, Tajik SSR |
Death Place: | Yovon, Tajikistan |
Origin: | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Genre: | Pop |
Occupation: | Singing |
Karomatullo Qurbonov (tg|Кароматулло Қурбонов, fa|کرامتالله قرباناف; 29 November 1961 – 17 October 1992) was a popular pop singer and composer from Tajikistan. On 17 October 1992 Qurbonov and a number of his band members were murdered by gunmen from the Popular Front militia.[1] 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.[1]
Qurbonov's daughter, Noziya Karomatullo, is one of the most popular musicians in Tajikistan today.