The Personal History of a Bukharan Intellectual
The Diary of Muḥammad Sharīf-i Ṣadr-i Ziyā
Biographical note
Rustam M. Shukurov, Ph.D. (1990), Moscow State University, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at Moscow State University. His most recent books are The Grand Komneno and the Orient (1204-1461) in Russian (2001) and Peuples d'Asie Centrale (1994).
Muhammadjon Shakuri (Shukurov), Ph.D. (1955), Moscow, Academy of Sciences, is senior researcher at the Institute of Tajik Language and Literature in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He has published extensively in the field of Tajik language and literature and is one of the authors of the Lexicon of the Tajik Language in Tajik (1969).
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Ph.D. (1994) in Central Asian Studies, Columbia University, was a staff member of the United Nations Development Programme from 1995-2002. She is now Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University and has published extensively on gender issues, the civil war in Tajikistan, development issues and human security.
Edward A. Allworth, Ph.D. (1959) Columbia University, in Slavic and Turkic languages and literature, is Emeritus Professor of Turko-Soviet Studies, Columbia University. He has written fourteen books and published more than 100 articles about cultural or ethnic politics in Central Asia, the former USSR and the Middle East. The most recent of these books are Devolution in Central Asia, 1990-2000 (2002) and Evading Reality. The Devices of 'Abdalrauf Fitrat, Modern Central Asian Reformist (2002).
Muhammadjon Shakuri (Shukurov), Ph.D. (1955), Moscow, Academy of Sciences, is senior researcher at the Institute of Tajik Language and Literature in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He has published extensively in the field of Tajik language and literature and is one of the authors of the Lexicon of the Tajik Language in Tajik (1969).
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Ph.D. (1994) in Central Asian Studies, Columbia University, was a staff member of the United Nations Development Programme from 1995-2002. She is now Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University and has published extensively on gender issues, the civil war in Tajikistan, development issues and human security.
Edward A. Allworth, Ph.D. (1959) Columbia University, in Slavic and Turkic languages and literature, is Emeritus Professor of Turko-Soviet Studies, Columbia University. He has written fourteen books and published more than 100 articles about cultural or ethnic politics in Central Asia, the former USSR and the Middle East. The most recent of these books are Devolution in Central Asia, 1990-2000 (2002) and Evading Reality. The Devices of 'Abdalrauf Fitrat, Modern Central Asian Reformist (2002).
Editorial Board
Translated from the Original Manuscript by Rustam Shukurov, with an Introductory Study and Commentaries by Muhammad-jon-i Shakuri (Shukurov), Project Director Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh.
Editor, English Language Edition Edward A. Allworth.
Editor, English Language Edition Edward A. Allworth.
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