TEHRAN-- Persian media reported on Friday that Tajik Iranologist and scholar Mirza Molla Ahmadov passed away in Dushanbe on Wednesday.
He was 75.
For several years, he functioned as the head of the Tajikistan-Iran Friendship Association and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in addition to the Writers Union of Tajikistan.
Upon graduation from Tajikistan Universitys Department of Oriental Studies in 1969, he operated in the fields of Iranology, Indology, and literature history at the Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature.
Besides releasing more than 30 books on modern and ancient Persian poets and authors, this Tajik scholar has left 450 works.
Ahmadov was a specialist in researching and examining the works of Rudaki, known in Tajikistan as the head of Persian and Tajik literature.
Furthermore, he has written and investigated about Ferdowsi, Nasser Khosrow, Rumi, Lahuti, Farrokhi Sistani, Forughi Bastami, and Qaani Shirazi.He introduced the Iranian audience to the works of famous Tajik poets through his books.
Besides serving on the editorial board of Rudaki magazine in Tehran, he has published many short articles in prominent Iranian literary and research journals.Ahmadov was among the authors of The History of Iranian Literature in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Moscow, 1999), and his works were published in Moscow, Tehran, Washington, Baku, Mashhad, Karachi, Kabul, and Tashkent.A number of worldwide symposia and conferences have likewise been held under his supervision.Photo: Tajik Iranologist Mirza Molla Ahmadov in an undated photoABU/