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His major works include "Ism" ("Name," 1961) and "Zabon va

Zamon" ("Language and Time," 1981).
Rustamov received the Red Banner of Courage, the 100
th
Anniver-
sary of the Birth of Lenin Prize, and the Honorary Order of the Presid-
ium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

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Safar Abdullo
See Abdullo, Safar.
Safarov, Ashur
Tajik poet Ashur Safarov, also referred to as Ashur Safar, was born
into a farming family in the village of Rubotingak of Kulab on May 1,
1930.
Safarov graduated from the Kulab Pedagogical Institute in 1953. He
first became a journalist, then a teacher in the Kulab schools. He
worked at Haqiqati Kulab, where his first poems, satirical in the main,
were published in the late 1950s. Later on, his poems were published in
a collection, entitled Gapi Podor (Words with Feet, 1987). His contri-
butions include "Ibtidoi Roh" ("The Beginning of the Road," 1964), "Il-
hom" ("Inspiration," 1970), "Khandai Gulho" ("The Laughter of the
Flowers," 1973), "Guli Mahtob" ("Moon-Beam Flower," 1983), and
"Bazmi Sidoqat" ("The Celebration of Truth," 1984). A collection of his
poems, entitled Samarai Umr (The Fruit of Life ), was published in Rus-
sian in Moscow in 1984.
Safarov joined the Union of Writers of the Soviet Union in 1967.
Safarov, Ghoib
Tajik poet Ghoib Safarov, also referred to as Safarzoda, was born in
the village of Kaduchi in the district of Vose' in Kulab province Febru-
ary 20, 1940.
Safarov graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute with a
degree in Persian language and literature in 1962. Thereafter, until the
end of his life, he worked for Tojikistoni Soveti (later on called
Jumhuriyyat). His contributions include several telling accounts of the
need for a revival of ancient national traditions, especially the Tajiki
language. One such article was "Tarovati Zindagi dar Zeboi Ast" ("The
Freshness of Life Lies in Beauty"). It appeared in Tojikistoni Soveti in
1968. As a result of the publication of this article, the Soviet regime put
a great deal of pressure on Safarov to change his stance, but he refused
to comply.

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