Person
Mahmud al-Kashgari
Turkic scholar from a family related to the Karakhanid dynasty — born, by the usual account, in Barsgan on Lake Issyk-Kul, whose head his father was. Around 1057 he left his homeland as a political refugee and settled in Baghdad, where in 1072–1074 he compiled the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, the first comprehensive dictionary of the Turkic languages. His dates of birth and death are uncertain; tradition places his tomb at Opal near Kashgar.
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt
- In the threads
- Central Asia and the Steppe (11th–12th c.)
Events
- Mahmud al-Kashgari compiles the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turkbetween 1072 and 1077 · Middle East and Egypt