P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Sorbon

See Hamroev, Obloqul

Suhaili

See Javharzoda, Abdullo.

Sulaymoni, Otojon

Tajik poet Otojon Sulaymoni, also referred to as Sulaymonov and

Payrav, was born in Bukhara on April 15, 1899. He received his early

education first in the Bukhara schools, then in Merv and Kagan where

he became acquainted with Russian literature.

Sulaymoni graduated from the Kagan Institute of Natural Sciences in

1917. After the fall of the Bukharan Emirate in 1920, he was appointed

the Second Secretary for the Embassy of the Soviet Socialist Republic

of Bukhara in Kabul. After 1925, he worked for the State Publications

of Tajikistan.

Sulaymoni's poetic career began with "Shukufahoi Irfon" ("The

Blossoms of Gnosis, 1926) and "Qalam" ("The Pen, 1928). His other

contributions include "Takhti Khunin" ("Blood-Stained Throne, 1931);

"Jumhurii Tojikiston va Matbu'oti Ranjbarii Tojik" ("The Republic of

Tajikistan and the Tajik Labor Press, 1931); "Shukufai Adabiyyot"

("The Blossom of Literature, 1931); Majmu'ai Ash'or (Collection of

Poems, 1934); Divoni Payravi Sulaymoni (The Collected Poems of Pay-

rav Sulaymoni, 1971); Guzidai Osori Payravi Sulaymoni (Selected

Works of Payrav Sulaymoni, 1984); "Munorai Marg" ("The Minaret of

Death," unfinished), and "Dukhtari Chingiz" ("The Daughter of

Chingiz").

Sulaymoni died in Samarqand on June 9, 1933.