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Yūsuf Balasaguni

1020 - 1075

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Yusuf Khass Hajib was an 11th-century Central Asian Turkic poet, statesman, vizier, Maturidi theologian and philosopher from the city of Balasaghun, the capital of the Kara-Khanid Khanate in modern-day Kyrgyzstan. He wrote the Kutadgu Bilig and most of what is known about him, comes from his own writings in this work. He is mostly referred to as Yūsuf Balasaguni, derived from his city of origin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yūsuf Balasaguni is the 217th most popular military personnel (down from 128th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Kirghiz Military Personnel.

Yūsuf Balasaguni is most famous for being the author of the first ever Armenian-Turkish dictionary.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yūsuf Balasaguni ranks 217 out of 2,058. Before him are Gotthard Heinrici, Auguste de Marmont, Kurt Meyer, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Andrey Vlasov, and Josip Jelačić. After him are Friedrich Olbricht, Wilhelm List, Yue Fei, Parmenion, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and Rudolf Abel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1020, Yūsuf Balasaguni ranks 3. Before him are Pope Gregory VII, and Pope Stephen IX. After him are Sweyn II of Denmark, Su Song, Guo Xi, Constantine the African, William I, Count of Burgundy, Gunhilda of Denmark, Vladimir of Novgorod, Zhang Zai, and Henry II, Count of Louvain. Among people deceased in 1075, Yūsuf Balasaguni ranks 2. Before him is Anne of Kiev. After him are Al-Qa'im, Ernest, Margrave of Austria, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, John VIII of Constantinople, Anno II, Ottokar I of Styria, and Edith of Wessex.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Yūsuf Balasaguni ranks 3 out of 62. Before him are Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928), and Mikhail Frunze (1885). After him are Askar Akayev (1944), Kurmanbek Bakiyev (1949), Vitali Klitschko (1971), Roza Otunbayeva (1950), Sabuktigin (942), Almazbek Atambayev (1956), Sadyr Japarov (1968), Sooronbay Jeenbekov (1958), and Kurmanjan Datka (1811).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Kyrgyzstan

Among military personnels born in Kyrgyzstan, Yūsuf Balasaguni ranks 2. Before him are Mikhail Frunze (1885). After him are Leonid Ivashov (1943).

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