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Mahmud al-Kashgari

1029 - 1101

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Mahmud ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Kashgari was an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from Kashgar. His father, Husayn, was the mayor of Barsgan, a town in the southeastern part of the lake of Issyk-Kul (nowadays village of Barskoon in Northern Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region) and related to the ruling dynasty of Kara-Khanid Khanate. Around 1057 AD, Mahmud al-Kashgari became a political refugee, before settling down in Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmud al-Kashgari is the 9th most popular linguist (down from 4th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from China (down from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Linguist.

Mahmud al-Kashgari is most famous for translating the Quran into the Turkic language.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 9 out of 214. Before him are Pāṇini, Patanjali, Noam Chomsky, Max Müller, William James Sidis, and Noah Webster. After him are Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, Rasmus Rask, Leonard Bloomfield, Franz Bopp, and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1029, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 2. Before him is Alp Arslan. After him are Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Al-Mustansir Billah, Vseslav of Polotsk, and Theodosius of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1101, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 1. After him are Roger I of Sicily, Bruno of Cologne, Su Shi, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, John Skylitzes, Conrad II of Italy, Su Song, Al-Musta'li, Akka Mahadevi, Emperor Daozong of Liao, and Vseslav of Polotsk.

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In China

Among people born in China, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 48 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Lü Bu (161), Ching Shih (1775), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), and Lu Xun (1881). After him are Nurhaci (1559), Yuan Shikai (1859), Mozi (-470), Hong Taiji (1592), Gao Xingjian (1940), and Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566).

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Among LINGUISTS In China

Among linguists born in China, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 1. After him are Yuen Ren Chao (1892).

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