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See Hamroev, Obloqul
Suhaili
See Javharzoda, Abdullo.
Sulaymoni, Otojon
Tajik poet Otojon Sulaymoni, also referred to as Sulaymonov and
Payrav, was born in Bukhara on April 15, 1899. He received his early
education first in the Bukhara schools, then in Merv and Kagan where
he became acquainted with Russian literature.
Sulaymoni graduated from the Kagan Institute of Natural Sciences in
1917. After the fall of the Bukharan Emirate in 1920, he was appointed
the Second Secretary for the Embassy of the Soviet Socialist Republic
of Bukhara in Kabul. After 1925, he worked for the State Publications
of Tajikistan.
Sulaymoni's poetic career began with "Shukufahoi Irfon" ("The
Blossoms of Gnosis, 1926) and "Qalam" ("The Pen, 1928). His other
contributions include "Takhti Khunin" ("Blood-Stained Throne, 1931);
"Jumhurii Tojikiston va Matbu'oti Ranjbarii Tojik" ("The Republic of
Tajikistan and the Tajik Labor Press, 1931); "Shukufai Adabiyyot"
("The Blossom of Literature, 1931); Majmu'ai Ash'or (Collection of
Poems, 1934); Divoni Payravi Sulaymoni (The Collected Poems of Pay-
rav Sulaymoni, 1971); Guzidai Osori Payravi Sulaymoni (Selected
Works of Payrav Sulaymoni, 1984); "Munorai Marg" ("The Minaret of
Death," unfinished), and "Dukhtari Chingiz" ("The Daughter of
Chingiz").
Sulaymoni died in Samarqand on June 9, 1933.
Sulaymonov, Otojon
See Sulaymoni, Otojon.
Sulaymonova, Gulchihra
Tajik poet Gulchihra Sulaymonova was born on January 1, 1928, in
Bukhara, to the family of Otojon Sulaymonov.
Sulaymonova graduated from the Bukhara Pedagogical Institute in
1947, and for a while, taught at the middle schools there. She moved to

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