P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Sayf Rahim
See Rahimov, Sayf.
Sayfiev, Najmi
Tajik literary critic Najmi Sayfiev was born in the village of
Chuqurak, Uzbekistan, on July 12, 1932.
Saiyfiev graduated from the Institute of History and Philology of the
Tajikistan State University in 1957. In 1957 and 1958, he was a Senior
Lecturer at the Rudaki Language and Literature Institute. In 1958 and
1959 and from 1962 to 1967, he was a post-graduate student and Senior
Scientific Worker in the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of
Sciences of Tajikistan. Between 1967 to 1970, he was a senior instruc-
tor at the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute. From 1971 to 1984, he was
an Assistant Professor there. He received his doctorate degree in Philol-
ogy in 1983, and became a full professor in 1984. In the same year, he
also became the Director of the Department of Literature at the
Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute.
Sayfiev research deals with specific aspects of the works of Nakhli
Bukhoroi and Jalol Tabib. His contributions include, "Nakhli Bukhoroi"
("Nakhli of Bukhara," 1969); "Jaloli Tabib va Matni Ilmiu Intiqodii
Dostoni U" ("Jalol Tabib and the Scientific and Critical Text of His
Story," 1975); and "Dostonsaroii Fors-Tojik dar Asri XIV" ("Perso-
Tajik Stories in the 14
th
Century," 1983).
Sayfulloev, Atokhon
Tajik intellectual Atokhon Sayfulloev was born on May 1, 1933 into
a family of workers in Leninabad. He joined the CPSU in 1962.
Sayfulloev graduated from the Khujand Pedagogical Institute in
1954, and for several years served as a teacher and a Scientific Worker
at the Rudaki language and literature division of the Khujand branch of
the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Between 1968 and 1973, he was
the director of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan. From 1975 to 1985,
he served as the Editor of the Soviet Tajik Encyclopedia. For a while,
the Committee for Sado va Simo was also under his supervision. Be-

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