Tajikistan’s National Epics: Muqanna’s Rebellion and the Tajik People’s Hero Temur Malik

Sadriddin Ayni (1878-1954) was a Tajik intellectual, regarded by many as one of the most important writers in the country’s history. This book provides a translation of two historical monographs by Ayni: Is’yoni Muqanna (Muqanna’s Rebellion) and Qahramoni Khalqi Tojik Temurmalik (The Tajik People’s Hero Temur Malik).

Sadriddin Ayni (1878-1954) was a Tajik intellectual and writer.

Translated by Abdusalom Mamadnazarov, Professor of Philology at Tajik National University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Introduced and edited by Jonathan K. Zartman, Associate Professor of National Security Studies, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, USA