DUSHANBE, December 14, Asia-Plus — An event dedicated to the 120th birthday of known Tajik and Persian poet Abulqosim Lohuti, who is founder of Soviet Tajik poetry, is being held in Dushanbe today.
The event, staged by Tajik Writers’ Union, has brought together Tajik poets and writers, researchers and students.
Abulqosim Lohuti (1887-1957), was a Persian and Tajik poet and political activist who was active both in Iran (during the Persian Constitutional Revolution) and in Tajikistan (in the early Soviet era)
Born in Kermanshah to a poet by the name Mirza Ahmad Elhami, his first poem was printed in the newspaper
Habal al-Mateen
in Calcutta at the age of 18.
He soon entered politics and even received a medal from Sattar Khan for his efforts.
After being convicted by a court in Qom, Iran to death, he fled to Turkey, but soon returned and joined forces with Sheikh Mohammad Haidari in Tabriz. His forces defeated Mahmoud Khan Puladeen’s troops, but were soon disbanded by freshly dispatched forces. He fled to Baku, Azerbaijan. While living in Nakhichevan, he became interested in Communism. After marrying a Russian poet by the name Sisil Banu, being unable to initiate a coup d’etat against the central government of Iran, he gave up and moved to USSR where he remained until his final days.
In 1925, he went to Dushanbe and joined the friends of Sadriddin Ayni. His poetry was welcomed by audiences and gained him the position of the founder of Soviet Tajik poetry.
Lohuti is the author of national anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. Lohuti”s other works include “Kovai Ohingar” (“Kaveh the Blacksmith,” 1947), “Qasidai Kremel” (“Ode to the Kremlin,” 1923), and “Toj va Bairaq” (“The Crown and the Flag,” 1935). His collection of poetry, in six volumes, was published in 1960-1963. He died on March 16, 1957, in Moscow.
