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Asadulloev, Sa'dullo

Tajik literary critic and scholar Sa'dullo Asadulloev was born into a

religious family in the village of Qistakuz of Khujand on September 12,

1932. He joined the CPSU in 1968.

Asadulloev graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1956.

Thereafter, he taught literature at the same institute until 1965 when he

was appointed the Head of the Department of Tajik Literature at the

Khujand State University. He received his doctorate degree in philology

in 1986. He became a full professor at Khujand State University in

1987.

Asadulloev's research deals with the early history of Perso-Tajik

literature. Some of his essays have been published in journals in Iran

and Afghanistan. His contributions include "Abjad va Ta'rikhho" ("The

Role of the Abjad' in [Establishing] Dates," 1972), "Ba'zi Vozhahoi

Musiqi va Surud va Navoho dar Ash'ori Hofiz" ("Some Music-Related

Words, Songs, and Sounds in the Poetry of Hafiz," 1975), "Amir

Khesravi Dihlavi" ("Amir Khorow Dihlavi," 1975), and "Laili i

Madzhnun v farsiyazichnoi literature" ("Layli and Majnun in the Lit-

eratures of the Farsi Speaking Peoples," Dushanbe, 1981).

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