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Institute of Written Heritage

The Institute of written heritage was founded in 1991. It consists of 5 departments:
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Textual Criticism and Publication of Literary Heritage;
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Investigation and Publication of Scientific Heritage;
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Translation and Scientific Relations;
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Description and Cataloguing of Manuscripts and Scientific Information;
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Collection and Keeping of Manuscripts.
The major fields of investigation of the Institute include
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Guaranteeing the safety of manuscripts & manuscript restoration;
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Organization of expeditions for collecting and buying rare books from the
population;
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Textological study of manuscripts;
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Publication of Tajiki (Persian), Arabic, and Turkish manuscripts into Russian;
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Translation of Arabic and Turkish manuscripts into Tajiki (Persian) language;
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Strengthening international relations for joint publication of written monuments
of culture.
More than a thousand manuscripts and lithographs received by the Institute between
1991 and 1995 have been catalogued. The first three volumes of the 50-volume
anthology entitled Ganji Shoigon (Countless Treasures) was prepared for published.
The following studies have appeared in print
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A. Afsahzod. Caravan of words, Dushanbe, 1994.
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A. Afsahzod. Bahoien Va Aqoidi Onon, Dushanbe, 1995.
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A. Muhammadiev. Asad Tusi and His Poem Garshasipoly, Dushanbe, 1995.
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D. Nazriev. Story about Solomon and Tsarina Savskaia in Persian-Tajik
Poetry, Dushanbe, 1996.
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Zulali Khonsori. Sulaiman-name, Dushanbe, 1996.

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