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she was a post-graduate student at the Orientalist Research Center of the

Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, division of philology. In
1963, she defended her thesis, entitled The Importance of the Works of
Mirza Gholib in the Formation of Contemporary Urdu Prose. Between
1961 and 1993, she worked at the Orientalist Institute of the Academy
of Sciences of Tajikistan as a Junior, and later, Senior Scientific
Worker, dealing with Indo-Pakistani relations. From 1993 to 2000, she
worked at the World Economy Research Center, dealing with the inter-
national relations of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. After the
establishment of the Oriental Institute and Written Heritage at the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, she moved to the new institute.
Pulodova's contributions include Maktubhoi Urdii Mirzo Gholib
(Mirza Ghalib's Urdu Letters, 1966); Bo Rohi Dusti (In Friendship's
Path, 1991); and Kullioti Nazmi Forsizaboni Muhammad Iqbol (Col-
lected Persian Poems of Muhammad Iqbal, 1997). She has traveled to
India, Pakistan, Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Iran, Afghanistan,
among others.
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Qahhori, Abdujabbor
Tajik poet Abdujabbor Qahhori was born into a family of workers in
Konibodom in northern Tajikistan in 1924. He joined the CPSU in
1945.
Qahhori graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow Uni-
versity in 1956. Thereafter, he worked for Tojikiston, as well as for the
Ministry of Education. Between 1968 and 1975, he headed Irfon Publi-
cations.
Qahhori's first collection of poetry, Gulbahor (Spring Flower), was
published in 1959. Its central theme is the war in which the poet had
participated and was badly wounded. Qahhori's major works include
"Shulai Dil" ("The Flame of the Heart," 1948); "Ohangi Dusti" ("Song
of Friendship," 1964); "Shukufahoi Bardamida az Khun" ("Blossoms
Springing Up From Blood," 1968); "Shamshir va Rangin Kamon" ("The
Sword and the Rainbow," 1974); "Namoishnomai Tarkash" ("The War
Piece," 1981); "Guli Shodi" ("The Flower of Happiness," 1984); "Ovozi
Sa'odat" ("The Voice of Good Fortune," 1984); "Guli Shom" ("Night

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Flower," 1984); "Dostonho" ("Stories," 1985); "Dostoni Shohidi Zinda"

("The Story of Shahi Zinda," 1985); "Qissai Navi Yusif va Zulaikho"
("The New Joseph and Potiphar Story," 1987); and "Teribuni Sho'ir"
("The Poet's Forum," 1988).
Qahhori joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1947. He
won the Rudaki State Prize in the same year. He also received the Order
of the Patriotic War, 1
st
and 2
nd
Class, the Badge of Honor, and other
medals.