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to Bukhara and worked for a while in the Soviets of the People's Re-

public of Bukhara. Ikrom influenced early 20th century thought in a
positive way. He was a teacher and, later on, a friend of Sadriddin Aini.
In both his Materiolho Oid ba Ta'rikhi Inqilobi Bukhoro (Materials
Pertaining to the History of the Bukharan Revolution) and in Yod-
doshtho (Reminiscences), Aini ascribes a great deal of value to the con-
tributions of Ikrom.
Domullo Ikromcha died in Bukhara in 1925.
Ikromi, Jalol
Tajik author Jalol Ikromi was born in Bukhara in 1909. His father
was an educated man interested in the Russian language and culture.
From childhood Ikromi, too, was interested in literature and science. He
joined the CPSU in 1945.
Ikromi received his education first in the new method-schools in
Bukhara and later (1922) at the Dorul-Mu'allimin of Bukhara. While
there, he became acquainted with Muhiddin Aminzoda and Payrav
Sulaymoni. Hearing that Sadriddin Aini was coming from Samarqand to
Bukhara, Ikromi composed a poem entitled "Ba Dukhtaroni Tojik" ("To
Tajik Girls") and presented it to the master. After analyzing the poem,
Aini advised Ikromi to stick to prose. Ikromi thus wrote his first prose
work, entitled "Shabi dar Rigistoni Bukhoro" ("A Night in the Rigistan
of Bukhara"). It was published in Rahbari Donish in1927. When the
Dorul-Mu'allimin in of Bukhara moved to Samarqand, Ikromi moved
with it so that he could benefit from Aini's knowledge. Ikromi's stay in
Samarqand, however, was short-lived. He returned to Bukhara to get
married (1930).
Between 1928 and 1930, Ikromi's "Shirin" ("Sweet"), "Rahmatullo
Ishon" ("Rahmatullah Ishan"), "Chi Boyad Kard?" ("What Needs To Be
Done?"), "Yak Havzi Purkhun" ("A Pond Filled with Blood"),
"Ghalaba" ("Victory"), and "Dor ur-Rohati Musulmonon" ("The Place
of Rest for the Muslims") were published in Rahbari Donish.
Ikromi's enthusiasm for language took him to the Dorul-Mu'allimin of
Tashkent. In 1930, he participated in the First Congress of Tajik Lan-
guage Specialists . Recognizing the need for talented writers and poets
in the young republic, in the same year, Ikromi took his family to
Stalinabad. There he worked on the Committee for Scientific Research,
and later on served as the editor of Rahbari Donish.

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