Loiq Sher-Ali (1941 - 2000, in Tajiki/Persian: Лоиқ Шералӣ/لائق شیرعلی) was a Tajik poet, Iranologist and one of the most celebrated Persian literary figures of Tajikistan and central Asia.

Loiq Sher-Ali, لائق شیرعلی
Лоиқ Шералӣ
Personal details
Born	20 May 1941 Mazar-e Sharif, Panjakent, Tajik SSR (now Tajikistan), USSR
Died	30 June 2000 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Nationality	Tajik
Profession	Poet

Loiq Sher-Ali had expertise in classical Persian poetry. The influence of Firdowsi, Khayyam and Molana Jalaleddin-e Balkhi is evident in Shir-Ali's works. He also translated several literary master pieces into Persian.

He was the head of Tajik-Persian Language International Foundation in Middle Asia and he was called as Shah-Poet of Tajikistan. A chosen collection of his works is published in Iran, 1994. Another collection, "Rakh's Spirit" is published in Iran, 1999, by Mirzo Shakurzoda.

Poetry

An excerpt from one of Sher-Ali's most famous poems, about three years before his death:[1]

See also

• Persian literature
• Persian culture
• Greater Iran
• Mohammad Jan Shakouri

References

External links

• Shir-Ali, combining old and new styles in Persian poetry (BBC Persian)

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[ru] Лоик Шерали