A travelogue and some history:
In the company of Abu Abdallah Rudaki
http://idp.world-citizenship.org/idp/index.php/wp-archive/112
Iran, Tajikistan team up to honor Persian poet Rudaki
http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/39168254
Rodaki – Famous Ismaili Poet and Intellectual
http://www.amaana.org/heroes/note002.htm
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