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clearly indicate his inclination for a different society than that of medie-

val Central Asia.
Irfon died in Samarqand in June 22, 1973.
Mamatqulov, Usmon
Tajik botanist Usmon Kobulovich Mamatqulov was born in the vil-
lage of Khishrav in Samarqand on September 10, 1933. He joined the
CPSU in 1973.
Mamatqulov graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Uzbekistan
State University in 1956. From 1956 to 1961, he was a teacher and a
post-graduate student at the Samarqand Cooperative Pedagogical
School. In 1973 and 1974, he was the Director of Scientific Affairs. In
1975, he became the Director of Division of Flora and Plants with
Spore at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctor-
ate degree in biology in 1983. Mamatqulov's research deals with the
flora, plant systems, geography, and the culture of the Tajik moss. He
was a member of the commission organizing the Soviet "Red Book"
containing vital data on the endangered plants of the USSR.
Mamatqulov's contributions include Listvennie mkhi Darvazskogo
khrebta (Leaf Mosses in the Darvoz Range of Mountains, Dushanbe,
1975). Flora sporovikh rastenii Tadzhikskoi SSR (Flora and Spore
Plants of Tajik SSR, 1985).
Ma'murov, Saidali
Tajik poet Saidali Ma'murov, also referred to as Saidali Ma’mur,
was born into a family of farmers in the village of Yakkabogh in Uro-
teppa on December 28, 1944.
Ma'murov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1966. Be-
tween 1966 and 1975, he was Chief Editor of the literary division of the
Radio and Television Committee of the Republic. From 1975 to 1977,
he was Acting Director of Komsomoli Tojikiston, and from 1977 to
1981, the Directory of the Propaganda Division of the Union of Writers
of Tajikistan. Between 1981 and 1983, he was Acting Director of
Madaniyati Tojikiston. In 1983, he became the Director of the Soviet
literary fond (reserve) in Tajikistan. His contributions include "Tash-
nagi" ("Thirst," 1977), "Nasimi Bahor" ("Spring Breeze," 1983),
"Zavraqi Umid" ("The Ship of Hope," 1967), "Savgand" ("Oath,"
1972), "Rozi Daryo" ("The Secret of the Sea," 1977), "Rohi Baland"

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