Mahmud al-Kashgari, Lexicographer of the Turks: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarLexicographer of the Turks

Mahmud al-Kashgariمحمود الكاشغري

c. 1005-1102 CEApproximate dateKashgar

A Turkic scholar of Kashgar who wrote the first dictionary of Turkic languages, in Arabic.

Writing in Baghdad in the 1070s, he compiled Diwan Lughat al-Turk to teach Arabic-speakers the language of the Turks, who now ruled much of the Muslim world. The book includes a round map of the known world with the Turkic lands at its centre.

What grew out of it?

It is the oldest major record of the Turkic languages.

Who else is linked?

Seljuk Empire

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Qaim Tughril Beg Al-Mustansir Billah Alp Arslan Tunka Manin Romanos IV Diogenes Hisham III Nizam al-Mulk

Source: history · Wikipedia

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