Maḥmūd al-Kāshgharī

Also found as Kashgari · Kashghari

The Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk dictionary, examples of Turkic poetry, and a map of Turkic-speaking regions.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 235 PDF p. 238Reading page

“…observation. One of the earliest Turkish geographers was Mahmud al-Kashghari, who was also a well-known lexicographer. He drew a world map, which looked unus ual and cir cular, on a lin guistic basis.…”

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Printed p. 315 PDF p. 318Biographical entry

“…Iraq; mathematician and engineer. He wrote the Al-Fakhri. Al-Kashghari, Mahmud (1073); Turkey; geographer and lexicographer. Al-Kashi, Ghi yat al-Din (1380- 1429); Kashan, Iran; mathematician and astronomer. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630); near Stuttgart, Germany; mathematician…”

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