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Diwan Lughat al-Turk
The Diwan Lughat al-Turk ('Compendium of the Languages of the Turks') is a dictionary of the Turkic languages written in Arabic by Mahmud al-Kashgari, a member of the Kara-Khanid dynasty, in Baghdad in the 1070s. Besides words, it records Turkic poetry, proverbs, tribes and customs, and includes a round map of the Turkic world. Known from a single manuscript found in Istanbul in the early twentieth century, it is a basic source for early Turkic culture.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Diwan Lughat al-Turk. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/diwan-lughat-al-turk
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