P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Institute of Written Heritage

The Institute of written heritage was founded in 1991. It consists of 5 departments:

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  Textual Criticism and Publication of Literary Heritage;

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  Investigation and Publication of Scientific Heritage;

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  Translation and Scientific Relations;

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  Description and Cataloguing of Manuscripts and Scientific Information;

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  Collection and Keeping of Manuscripts.

The major fields of investigation of the Institute include

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  Guaranteeing the safety of manuscripts & manuscript restoration;

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  Organization of expeditions for collecting and buying rare books from the

population;

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  Textological study of manuscripts;

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  Publication of Tajiki (Persian), Arabic, and Turkish manuscripts into Russian;

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  Translation of Arabic and Turkish manuscripts into Tajiki (Persian) language;

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  Strengthening international relations for joint publication of written monuments

of culture.

More than a thousand manuscripts and lithographs received by the Institute between

1991 and 1995 have been catalogued. The first three volumes of the 50-volume

anthology entitled Ganji Shoigon (Countless Treasures) was prepared for published.

The following studies have appeared in print

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  A. Afsahzod. Caravan of words, Dushanbe, 1994.

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  A. Afsahzod. Bahoien Va Aqoidi Onon, Dushanbe, 1995.

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  A. Muhammadiev. Asad Tusi and His Poem Garshasipoly, Dushanbe, 1995.

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  D. Nazriev. Story about Solomon and Tsarina Savskaia in Persian-Tajik

Poetry, Dushanbe, 1996.

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  Zulali Khonsori. Sulaiman-name, Dushanbe, 1996.

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Iraj Bashiri

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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