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(Salaman and Absol) and Yusef va Zulaikho (Joseph and Zulaikha),

among others.
He has received the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, three medals
from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the Badge of Honor, and
the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
Tajikistan.
Ahrori has traveled to Iran, Afghanistan, and Russia.
Aini, Kamol
Tajik textual and literary critic Kamol Sadriddinovich Aini was born
into a family of workers in Samarqand on May 15, 1928. Son of the
famed Tajik author, Sadriddin Aini, Kamol Aini received his early
education at home, as well as in the Tajik and Russian schools of the
region. He became a member of the Union of Writers of the Soviet
Union in 1960, and joined the CPSU in 1962. He is the permanent
President of the International Aini foundation. He is also one of the
founders of "Paivand," and has served as its president. He is an Aca-
demician of the Academy of Advanced Schools of Sociology of Mos-
cow and a recipient of the Afshar Foundation Prize (Iran).
Kamol Aini graduated from the Leningrad Faculty of Oriental
Studies in 1949 and in 1953 from the Oriental Institute of the Academy
of the Arts of the Soviet Union. From 1953 to 1955, he was a Senior
Worker at the Rudaki Language and Literature Institute of the Academy
of Sciences of Tajikistan. From 1956 to 1958, he was the Director of
Textual Criticism of the Department of Oriental Studies and Literary
Works. From 1966 to 1972, he was a Senior Scientific Worker at the
Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, as
well as the Director of the Iran Division of the Institute of Oriental
Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1980, Aini became
the Head of the Manuscript and Original Documents Division of the
same institute. Aini joined the Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1960,
and recently serves on its Board of Directors.
Aini's contributions, which date to 1948, fall into three main cate-
gories: administrative, collaborative, and littérateur. As an administrator
and scholar, Aini has been tireless in organizing original textual
materials dealing with the study of the orient, as well as in persuading
colleagues to contribute to the enhancement of the treasury of Oriental
manuscripts. As a collaborator, he has delivered lectures, chaired con-

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