bilig-23/ Autumn 2003

ON THE LİFE, GRAVE AND HOMETOWN OF
MAHMUT OF KÂŞGAR

 

İbrahim MUTİY - Mirsultan OSMANOV
Translated by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya KASAPOĞLU ÇENGEL

Gazi University,
Faculty of Arts and Sciences


ABSTRACT

        The knowledge which is available about where Mahmud of Kâşgar was born, where he lived and died did not satisfy the world of Turkology and for this purpose various investigations were made and expeditions were organized on his hometown, life and grave. In the light of these investigations, the new information and data concerning the hometown, life and grave of Mahmud of Kâşgar were presented to the advantage of the world of science. This information was collected as a result of the analysis of some registers in Dîvanü Lûgati't- Türk, the negotiations with the sheiks of the grave of Hazreti Mollam which is located in the northwest of Opal, the tezkire of Hazreti Mollam and Vakıfname which is presented to the grave of Hz. Mollam.


Key Words : Mahmud of Kâşgar, Dîvanü Lûgati't- Türk, Hazreti Mollam grave, Opal, Kâşgar, Translation

 

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