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	Mahmud al-Kashgari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mahmud Kashgari ibn Husayn ibn Muhammad was born in Kashi, China (short for Kashgari).
		It is a map of the world, centered on the Turkish-speaking areas of Central Asia, the area on the border between Kyrghizstan and Xinjang province in China.
		The yellow dot in the center of the map represents the location of Balasaghun, while the one to the right is Kashgar which is in China and is the village from which Mahmud took his name..
	sio.midco.net /mapstamps/kashgari.htm (224 words)

	81 - The First Turkish World Map, by Kashgari (1072) « strange maps
		This map, made by Mahmud Kashgari bin Husayn bin Muhammad, was included in his Divanu Lügat-it-Türk, a scientific work he published in 1072 (AD) for the benefit of the Caliph of Baghdad.
		It is presented on a stamp issued in 1972, on the occasion of the map’s nine-hundredth birthday.
		According to the the 1982 Dankoff translation’s introduction, Kashgari was born near Issyk-kul into a family of the Qa…
	strangemaps.wordpress.com /2007/02/22/81-the-first-turkish-world-map-by-kashgari-1072 (798 words)

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		Finally, Kashgari at one point relates a ghazi legend, which in turn can be connected with four groups of verses that originally must have been part of one larger verse cycle, perhaps interspersed as songs within a prose narrative as in the later Turkish minstrel cycles of Dede Korkut and Koroglu.
		From Kashgari's point of view, these poems and legends were only so many cultural materials, to be recorded in his Diwan along with data on Turkic ethnography and folklore, social organization and kinship structure, calendars, recipes, and folk remedies.
		I have tried to show that the two major Qarakhanid literary monuments, judged on their own terms, were successful in laying a foundation for a Turkic adab: the one in the areas of linguistic scholarship and the recording of national lore; the other in the area of royal wisdom.
	www.angelfire.com /on/paksoy/4KARAKHA.html (2630 words)

	Turkish Proverbs
		In later centuries and by the time of Mahmoud Kashgari, the eleventh century Turkish scholar, the Oghuz are referred to as a Turkish tribe.
		Mahmoud Kashgari, an "11th century Turkic scholar who is thought by some to have been the author of the world's first dictionary," published the first and most important Turkish dictionary, Diwan-i Lugat-it Turk, in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1074.
		Mahmoud Kashgari, who wrote this monumental work to teach Arabs Turkish, included in it 290 proverbs which are very much alive in today's Turkish language.
	www.ottomansouvenir.com /Turkish_Proverbs/Turkish_Proverbs.htm (1592 words)

	OGUZ AND OGUR - TurkicWorld
		There are two lists, one of which belongs to Mahmud Kashgari (the third quarter of the eleventh century), and another to Reshidud-din Fjami-ut-tevarih (the first quarter of the 14th century), which record the Oguz tribes of these groups.
		Mahmud Kashgari gave the names of 22 tribes, together with their tamgas, and Reshidud-din Fjami-ut-tevarih specified 24 tribes, and also divided them between Boz- Oks and Uch-Oks.
		According to the Mahmud Kashgari’s map, in middle of the 11th century the Kipchaks took the Oguz steppe and the territory of the lower fork of Syr-Darya.
	s155239215.onlinehome.us /turkic/13_Oguz_and_Ogur/OguzesEn.htm (4384 words)

	Music of Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Traditional Kazakh music includes ensembles using instrumets like the qobuz or dombra, as well as kylkobyz, sherter, sybyzgy, saszyrnay and shankobyz; the most common instrumental traditions are called kobizovaia, sibiz-govaia, and dombrovaia.
		Many songs are connected to ancient mythology and folk religious beliefs (kui), while others were composed after the rise of authored works (kuishi) by early songwriters (jiray) like Mahmud Kashgari, Kaztygana, Dospanbeta, Shalkiiza and Aktamberdi.
		The kuishi tradition is said to have peaked in the 19th century, when composers like Kurmangazy, Madi Baliuly and Birjan and singers like Ahan were active.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Kazakhstan (588 words)

	Qarakhanid Literature and the Beginnings of Turco-Islamic Culture \| Central Asian Monuments \| Edited by H. B. Paksoy \| ...
		by Mahmud al-Kashgari, probably completed in 1077, is an encyclopedic lexicon of the Turkic dialects, including citation of proverbs and poetry, with glosses and explanations in Arabic.
		A third of these falls in the class of "wisdom" poetry, and a fifth relates to warfare; the rest are concerned with love, nature, the hunt, etc. One frequently cited i a lament on the death of Alp Ar Tonga (identified with Afrasiyab).
		He saw it as his task to present these materials in a coherent way, for he was convinced of the supremacy of the Turks in God's design, and of the need for non-Turkic Muslims to know the language and the lore of their Turkic brothers in the faith.
	vlib.iue.it /carrie/texts/carrie_books/paksoy-2/cam4.html (2630 words)

	Kashi Prefecture, China - China Things to see and do :: BootsnAll Travel Network
		The Mahmud Kashgari Tomb, located in the Wupar Village, Shufu County, is offset with trees and bushes.
		Mahmud Kashgari was born into an aristocratic family of The Karakhnid Dynasty in the eleventh century.
		His tomb is highly respected by the Uygur people and many Islamic scholars have contributed their favorite books to the tombs; it has thus slowly become a kind of library, and people respectfully call it Haiziliti Maolamu, meaning the tomb of honorable scholars.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/01-02/kashi-prefecture-china.html (2363 words)

	Musing Under The Tenement Palm » Blog Archive » Why Does Everything Have to Be About You? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		URUMQI, Oct. 4 (Xinhuanet) — A seminar was held to mark the millenarian anniversary of the birth of Uygur pundit Mahmud Kashghari on Tuesday in Kashi, a city in northwestChina’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
		Right, never mind the Qarakhanids are the Turkish state that Kashgari belonged to and traveled in, which existed well over a millenium after the Qin, and the only contact that had with the Chinese was fighting each other for territory.
		And that Kashgari was a full-on Pan-Turkic nationalist.
	silkworms.chinesetriad.org /?p=179 (1374 words)

	National Identity
		Of course there the government is also very much behind the promotion of them as cultural heroes, but I think in a very carefully controlled way to make sure that at the same time they would not be construed as paragons of an independent Uighur identity.
		Statue to Mahmud Kashgari at entrance to his tomb complex, Wu Paer, 50 km.
		There is an obvious parallel here with the Kashgari map above, with such things as medieval maps of the known world which had Jerusalem (the quintessential holy city) at the center, etc. Also, advertisements for Uzbek airlines in the Uzbek air magazine have all flights converging on Tashkent, exactly in the center of the world.
	faculty.washington.edu /dwaugh/CA/natid/natid.html (2004 words)

	Karakhanids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The earliest surviving work of Turkish literature shaped by Islamic values, the Kutudgu bilig ("The Wisdom of Royal Glory"), was written by Yusuf Khass Hajib of Balasaghun in the style of contemporary Irano-Islamic "mirrors for princes" and was completed in Kashgar about 1070.
		Almost contemporary with it was the Diwan lughat at-Turk ("Compendium of the Turkic Dialects";), an Arabic dictionary of Khakani, the Middle Turkish dialect spoken by the Karakhanids and written by Mahmud al-Kashgari.
		From the late 11th century the Karakhanids in Transoxania became vassals of the Seljuqs, who by this time were already masters of much of the Middle East.
	www.iatp.edu.tm /baskurt/Karakhanids.html (441 words)

	Robert Dankoff
		[with James Kelly] Mahmud al-Kashgari, Compendium of the Turkic Dialects (Diwan Lugat at-Turk), edited and translated with introduction and indices.
		Kashgari on the Tribal and Kinship Organization of the Turks.
		Kashgari on the Beliefs and Superstitions of the Turks.
	humanities.uchicago.edu /depts/nelc/facultypages/dankoff (1590 words)

	China Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Three km off road and you arrive at the Mahmud Kashgari tomb.
		It was very cold outside, but thanks to the Yurt made of thick layers of felt and our warm sleeping bag we had a good night.
		Mahmud Kasghari lived in the 11 th century.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/China/Things_To_Do-China-BR-34.html (557 words)

	AACAR Bulletin: Vol III No 3
		Pahlavan Mahmud, Husrav Dehlavi (in his Urdu language diwan Gurrat-ul kamal, the poet writes: "I am of the Turks of India..." indicating that he is a Turk.
		Broadly viewed, that period was distinguished by struggles for the mastery of Central Asia with the Karakhanids in the East, Seljuks in the West and the Ghaznavids in the center, in the area from the Altai mountain range to the Oxus river.
		Pritsak suggested that Mahmud was a student of Husayn ibn Muhammad, who was the eldest son of Muhammad ibn Yusuf and was mayor of Barsgan; and that Mahmud fled from a court revolt in Kashgar to Baghdad.
	aacarbulletin.blogspot.com /2005/12/vol-iii-no-3.html (13881 words)

	China Silk Road tour archaeology - China Silk Route tours through China and Central Asia - Silk Road Travel - tour the ...
		Leaving the bazaar in the early afternoon, we will drive to Upal to see the tomb of Mahmud Kashgari.
		Born into an aristocratic family of the Karakhnid Dynasty in the eleventh century, and an outstanding Uighur scholar and linguist, Mahmud compiled the first Turkish dictionary.
		His tomb is highly respected by the Uighur people and the entire Turkish world; over the centuries, Islamic scholars have contributed thousands of books and manuscripts, turning the site into a remarkable library.
	www.farhorizon.com /Southeast_Asia/china-silk-route.htm (3117 words)

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		Among these works Uygur scholar Yusuf Has Hajip`s book Kutatku Bilik, Mahmud Kashgari`s Divani Lugatit Turk, Ahmet Yukneki`s Atabetul Hakayik, are very famous.
		Yusuf Has Hajip`s Kutatku Bilik, was written in 1069 - 1070.
		Mahmud Kashgari`s Divani Lugatit Turk, which was also written in this age, bears knowledge as to the dialects of various Turkic people living at that time.It also gives information about the dialectical differences, their social upbringings,their customs,as well as the regions they inhabited.
	uyguristan.20m.com /lit1.html (215 words)

	Ataturk.com - the Turkic World
		The Ottomans; the Seljuks; even further, other figures who took control of Iran — for instance, Nadir Shah, Mahmud of Ghazni — all these people were Turkic rulers.
		But the word "Turk" to describe the Turkic nation is more than 1,000 years old; 1,500 years ago was the first time that leaders of people that we think of today as Turkic used the word "Turk" to describe themselves.
		The first compendium of Turkish languages by Mahmud Kashgari [from Kashgar in Xinjiang, China], written in 1070, is utterly nationalistic about being Turkish.
	www.ataturk.com /content/view/44/80 (5607 words)

	Registan.net » Mahmud Kashgari’s 11th C. Map of Turkic World
		Registan.net » Mahmud Kashgari’s 11th C. Map of Turkic World
		According to the the 1982 Dankoff translation’s introduction, Kashgari was born near Issyk-kul into a family of the Qarakhanid dynasty.
		He traveled widely among the Turkic tribes of his time, and his map shows the locations of dialect groups.
	www.registan.net /index.php/2007/02/28/mahmud-kashgaris-11th-c-map-of-turkic-world (401 words)

	Mahmoud Kashgari ve Yusuf Has Hajib Uygur mi Uzbek mi? - Uzbekistan Online Forum - Онлайн Форум ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mahmoud Kashgari ve Yusuf Has Hajib Uygur mi Uzbek mi?
		Mahmud Kashgari va yusuf Hos Hojib are obviously closer to Uzbeks than any other nation.
		Mahmud Kashgari was not "uygur", neither Yusuf Hos Hojib.
	www.forum.uz /showthread.php?t=14558 (846 words)

	Uyghur American Association forum - View Single Post - Uyghurlar heqqide maqale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Usually it is the blue flag of the 1944 Eastern Turkistan Republic or the national emblem.
		In some sites, there may be other less political symbols of "Uyghurness," such as the portraits of Uyghur national icons, like Mahmud Kashgari or a picture of a historical monument, like Idgah Mosque in Kashgar.
		Secondly, it is very common for these sites to feature a map of the region.
	www.uyghuramerican.org /forum/showpost.php?p=3905&postcount=3 (1278 words)

	Travel & Tourism in Uzbekistan - Tourist Sites in Uzbekistan
		Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum - is the most revered mausoleum of the city.
		Pakhlavan Mahmud, the Hercules of the East, a famous wrestler, poet, philosopher and Khivaï¿½s saints patron.
		At various stages of its long history, Tashkent was known as Shash, Chachkent, Shashkent and Binket.
	www.sitara.com /Uzbek/tour.html (7583 words)

	Totally Lost on Internationalization&Unicode Stuff -- VTrain (Vocabulary Trainer)
		I suppose changing it to Arabic works only in the Unicode scheme, so it would not have any effect in your program.
		Writing in Arabic in VTrain 4.5 -- Mahmud Kashgari, 05:56:07 07/05/04 Mon
		Specifying an encoding when saving a file -- Mahmud Kashgari, 00:17:48 07/10/04 Sat
	www.voy.com /144963/2/282.html (652 words)

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		I remember I felt awkward and wished he stood firm on his ground, but, it did not prevent me from enjoying the party and drink.
		Even if we look back on history, it becomes quite clear from the works of prominent historical Uyghur figures from different Islamic eras, for example, Mahmud Kashgari (11th century), Amannisahan (16th Century), Abduhalik Uyghur and Lutpulla Mutellip (first have of the 19th century), that Islam has never been a rigid road block for social development.
		Majority of the Uyghur population today falls somewhere between secular and religious and plays a buffering role between that small portion of the population split between strictly religious and firmly secular.
	www.freechurchforchina.org /commentary/07112002XinJiangUyghurs.htm (2221 words)

	"Literatura in situatii conflictuale", Bucuresti, iunie 2002
		And after all I will never cease to be a Kyrgyz.
		Central Asian writers and scientists, such as Usuf Balasagunski, Abu Nasyr Al Farabi were writing in Arabic, and Mahmud Kashgari - in Farsi.
		There is no importance in which language an author calls the reader.
	www.penromania.org /conferinta-bucuresti-2002.asp (13907 words)

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