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Tabarov, Sohib
Tajik intellectual, literary critic, and linguist Sohib Tabarov was
born in the Mu'min Abad district of Kulab, on November 23, 1924.
Tabarov graduated from Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1943.
Between 1941 and 1952, he worked at the Linguistics Division of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Thereafter, he taught at Tajikistan
State University.
Tabarov has written a copious amount on contemporary Tajik lit-
erature, examining the works of Sadriddin Aini, Abulqosim Lahuti,
Mirzo Tursunzoda, Mu'min Qano'atov, Payrav Sulaymoni, Fazluddin
Muhammadiev, Dehoti, Bozor Sobir, Gulrukhsor, and others from a
Marxist point of view. In addition, he has authored several works deal-
ing with the theater. His major works include Payrav Sulaymoni (Pay-
rav Sulaymoni, 1962); Hayot, Adabiyot, Realism (Life, Literature, Re-
alism, 1990-1996); and Sadriddin Aini Bunyonguzori Adabiyoti
Shavravii Tojik (Sadriddin Aini, the Founder of Soviet Tajik Literature,
1954).
Tabarov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1947. He
is a recipient of the Badge of Honor, and the Honorary Order of the Pre-
sidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.
Tahirov, Fazyl
Tajik lawyer Fazyl Tahirovich Tahirov was born in 1939.
Tahirov graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1966. He re-
ceived his doctorate in law in 1988 and became a professor in 1990. In
1994, he became a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences
of Tajikistan. In 2000, he became the Secretary of the Social Sciences
Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
Tahirov is the founder of the scientific school of the history and the-
ory of national law and state in Tajikistan. His contributions include The
Establishment of Soviet Law in Tajikistan, 1987; The Legal System of
the Tajik ASSR, 1988; The Legal System of Pre-Revolutionary Tajiki-
stan, 1988; The Development of Law in Tajikistan, 1994; Sharia and
Regulation of Matrimonial and Hereditary Relations, 1990; and The
History of State and Law of Tajikistan, 2 vols., 2001.

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