Muhmud Kashgari Tomb is located in Opal Village of Kashgar. Muhmud Kashgari is an outstanding Uyghur scholar and linguist. Muhmud Kashgari was born in 1005 in Kashgar; he studied about Turkish dialects, and wrote the first comprehensive dictionary of Turkish languages. He died 1105 in Opal at the age of 97, Muhmud Kashgari’s tomb is highly respected by the Uyghur people and Turk people in the world. Local Uyghur people to show the respect for him they call it Haziret Mollam, meaning is honorable scholar. Turk Muslim scholars to show the respect for him, they have contributed their favorite books to the tomb of Muhmud Kashgari. Now it has slowly become a kind of library.UV9Kashgar Guide
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Muhmud Kashgari’s Turkish Dictionary has been translated to 26 languages. UV9Kashgar Guide
Muhmud Kashgari’s Turkish language Dictionary 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. Muhmud Kashgari on this encyclopedic dictionary wandered amidst all of the Turkic peoples before he compiled his work, studied all the data and thus provided a sound academic basis. Turkish language Dictionary is one of the main sources for Turkic Studies today.UV9Kashgar Guide
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