Who rests here
Scholar · died 477 AH · Opal (Kashgar)
An 11th-century Kara-Khanid Turkic linguist and philologist; his 'Diwan Lughat al-Turk', compiled in Baghdad in 1072-74, is the first comprehensive dictionary and ethnographic survey of the Turkic languages. Per TDV he taught for many years and died at an advanced age; his death date is genuinely disputed (TDV c.
Full biography of Mahmud al-Kashgari →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
How to get there
Located in: Opal (Kashgar)
Coordinates: 39.31460, 75.51100
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- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)
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