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Asadulloev, Iskandar

Tajik politician Iskandar Asadulloev was born in 1949.
Between 1973, the year he graduated from the Moscow State Uni-
versity with a degree in history, and 1978, he worked at the Academy of
Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1985, the Department of Philosophy of the
Academy accepted him as a candidate in philosophy. Asadulloev then
joined the staff of the Tajik State Medical Institute in 1978 and
remained there until 1986, teaching courses in philosophy. He rejoined
the same institute again in 1991 and worked there until 1993. From
1989 to 1991, he served as a Lecturer in philosophy and as a consultant
for the Communist Party of Tajikistan.
Between 1993 and 1996, Asadulloev joined the Institute of World
Economy and International Relations of the Academy of Sciences of
Tajikistan. He joined the Tajik government as an assistant to the
President of the Republic in 1996. In 1998, he became the Director of
the Center for Strategic Research at the Office of the President.
Asadulloev, Sa'dullo
Tajik literary critic and scholar Sa'dullo Asadulloev was born into a
religious family in the village of Qistakuz of Khujand on September 12,
1932. He joined the CPSU in 1968.
Asadulloev graduated from Tajikistan State University in 1956.
Thereafter, he taught literature at the same institute until 1965 when he
was appointed the Head of the Department of Tajik Literature at the
Khujand State University. He received his doctorate degree in philology
in 1986. He became a full professor at Khujand State University in
1987.
Asadulloev's research deals with the early history of Perso-Tajik
literature. Some of his essays have been published in journals in Iran
and Afghanistan. His contributions include "Abjad va Ta'rikhho" ("The
Role of the Abjad' in [Establishing] Dates," 1972), "Ba'zi Vozhahoi
Musiqi va Surud va Navoho dar Ash'ori Hofiz" ("Some Music-Related
Words, Songs, and Sounds in the Poetry of Hafiz," 1975), "Amir
Khesravi Dihlavi" ("Amir Khorow Dihlavi," 1975), and "Laili i
Madzhnun v farsiyazichnoi literature" ("Layli and Majnun in the Lit-
eratures of the Farsi Speaking Peoples," Dushanbe, 1981).

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