Mahmud al-Kashgari
c. 1005–c. 1102
Turkic scholar who compiled the first dictionary of the Turkic languages.
- Known as
- Scholar
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 1005, Kashgar
- Died
- c. 1102, Upal
Alive at the same time as Mahmud al-Kashgari
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