P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Rabi'i, Sa'dullo

Tajik poet Sa'dullo Rabi'i was born in Varzob in 1883. He received

his early education in Hissar. Early in life, influenced by the poetry of

Mirzo Bedil and So'ib, he began composing verses which he eventually

published as a collection entitled Hisori 'Ishq (The Love Barrier, 1920).

The volume consists of some 200 ghazals, 30 marsiyyas, 32 mukham-

mases, 11 ruba'is, and 2 stories. He also left an incomplete story in

verse that consists of 1183 verses.

His other works include "Berigod" ("Brigade," 1932), "Moskva"

("Moscow," 1935), and "Qalami Man" ("My Pen," 1985).

Rabi'i joined the Union of the Writers of Tajikistan in 1934. A

victim of Stalin's purges in Central Asia, Rabi'i died in 1939.