Born on 12 October 1887 in
Kermanshah to an Iranian cobbler and religious poet named
Mirza Ahmad Elhami, and in his twenties his poems were published in several prestigious publications. he was unable to initiate a
coup d'etat against the central government of Iran, so he gave up and moved to
USSR where he remained until his final days. Lohuti is the author of the
Anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic lyrics. Other works of his include
Kaveh the Blacksmith (, 1947),
Kremlin (, 1923),
The Crown and the Flag (, 1935), among many others. His collection of poetry, in six volumes, was published between 1960 and 1963. He died on 16 March 1957 at the age of 69 in
Moscow. ==Notes==