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Ta’rikhi Qadimtarin Qadim va Sadahoi Miona (The Tajiks: Their

Ancient and Medieval History, Moscow, 1972).
Ghafurov, like Sadriddin Aini, is recognized as a Tajik hero. His list
of accomplishments, awards, and accolades includes six Orders of
Lenin, medals of the October Revolution, Red Banner of Labor of
Mongolia, Jawaharlal Nehru Prize. Honorary Member of Oriental
Studies in Poland, and the Head of the International Firdowsi Prize
Committee. The city of Sovetobod in the Lenin District and one of the
streets of Dushanbe are named after him. Also, a scholarship was
created in his name, and a library was dedicated to him in the Academy
of Sciences of the USSR.
Ghafurov died in Dushanbe on August 12, 1977.
Ghafurova, Roziya
Tajik poet Roziya Ghafurova, also referred to as Ozod, was born on
January 18, 1893, to a merchant family in Khujand. She is the mother of
the famed Tajik scholar Bobojon Ghafurov. Ghafurova received her
early education in the traditional schools and became a teacher. Her
poetic career began during World War II, when she composed patriotic
verses urging the warriors of the motherland on. Among her works,
mention can be made of "Qahramoni Odil" ("Just Champion," 1943),
"Mahabbat ba Vatan" ("Love for the Country," 1944), "Gulistoni 'Ishq"
("The Rose Garden of Love," 1946), "Az Vodihoi Taloi" ("From the
Golden Valleys," 1948), "Iqbol" ("Fortune," 1951), and "Zindabod
Sulh" ("Long Live Peace," 1954).
Ghafurova
joined
the
Union of Writers of Tajikistan in 1944.
She died in Khujand in 1957.
Ghani Abdullo
See Abdullo, Ghani.
Ghaniev, Burhon
Tajik satirist Burhon Ghaniev, also referred to as Burhon Ghani, was
born in the village of Rogif in Maschoh on May 1, 1938.
Ghaniev graduated from the Tajikistan State University in 1962, and
in the same year became employed by the satirical journal Khorpushtak.
Although his career as a satirist begins in 1965, Ghaniev's first collec-
tion, entitled Khushomad Guionro Aziz Dorid (Respect the Sycophants),

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