Early world map from Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk ("Compendium of the languages of the Turks"), an Arab-Turkish dictionary by the Kara-Khanid author Mahmud al-Kashgari, written in Seljuk Baghdad in 1072-74 AD (1266 copy).[2]
The Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk (Arabic: ديوان لغات الترك, lit. 'Compendium of the languages of the Turks') is the first comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages, compiled in 1072–74 by the TurkicKara-Khanid scholar Mahmud Kashgari who extensively documented the Turkic languages of his time.[3][6]
Importance
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk was intended for use by the Caliphs of Baghdad, who were controlled by the Seljuk Turks. It has a map that shows countries and regions from Japan (Cabarka / Jabarka) to Egypt. The book also included the first known map of the areas inhabited by Turkic peoples.[7] The book was dedicated to Abu'l-Qasim Abdullah in Baghdad in 1077. The manuscript has 638 pages, and about 7500 Turkish words explained in the Arab language.[8]
^ abKemal H. Karpat, Studies on Turkish Politics and Society:Selected Articles and Essays, (Brill, 2004), 441.
^ abRoudik, Peter, The History of the Central Asian Republics, (Greenwood Press, 2007), 175.
^ abAli Amiri, R. Mantran, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, ed. H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, E. Levi-Provencal and J. Schacht, (E.J. Brill, 1986), 391.
^Varis Abdurrahman (2003). "Tarihi Türk Şehri Balasagun Hakkında Yeni İncelemeler". Belleten (in Turkish). 67 (250): 771–780. doi:10.37879/belleten.2003.771.