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Sattorov, Malik

Tajik technologist Malik Abdusattorovich Sattorov was born in the
village of Mughaliston of Ghizhduvon on March 8, 1938. He received
his early education in Ghizhduvon.
Sattorov graduated from the Samarqand State University in 1961
and, then worked for a while in the Physics and Mathematics Division
of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Between 1963 and 1966, he
was a post-graduate student at the Institute of Hydromechanics of the
Siberian Division of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. In
1967, he defended his dissertation on Underground Hydromechanics.
From 1967 to 1980, he was a Senior Scientific Worker at the Institute of
Physics and Technology, and later, at the Institute of Mathematics of
the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctorate in
technology in 1980. Also, in 1980, he became the Head of the Labora-
tory of Mathematics and Filtration of Liquids in Dry Environment.
Sattorov's research deals with the establishment of the rules of filtra-
tion for liquids, especially the evaporation and filtration of water in
subterranean areas and in dry conditions.
Sattorzoda, Abdulnabi
Tajik intellectual Abdulnabi Sattorzoda was born in the Penjakent
district of Khujand province on February 27, 1941.
Sattorzoda graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree
in Tajiki language and literature in 1963. Later on, he taught at Kabul
and Dushanbe Universities. He defended his thesis in 1972, and his
post-doctorate degree in 1985. In 1986, he became a professor. For a
while he was supervisor of the Literary Criticism Division of Sadoi
Sharq.
Sattorzoda's articles about contemporary and traditional Tajik lit-
erature have been published in both Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
His contributions include "Afkori Adabi va Ziboi Shinosi Abdur-
rahmon Jomi" ("Abdurrahmon Jami's Thoughts on Literature and Aes-
thetics," 1975); "Nuqtai Paivand" ("Point of Connection," Dushanbe,
1982); "Tarikhchai Nazariyoti Adabii Forsii Tojiki" ("A Brief History
of Literary Views on Farsi-Tajiki Literatures," 1972, 2001); and "Arastu
va Nazariyyoti Adabii Forsi Tojiki" ("Aristotle and Literary Views on
Farsi and Tajiki," 1984, 2002).

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Sattorzoda has traveled to Afghanistan, Iran, the United States,

Japan, Pakistan, and Austria. He is the recipient of the Order of Sharaf.