LINGUIST
Mahmud al-Kashgari
1029 - 1101
Mahmud al-Kashgari
Mahmud ibn Husayn ibn Muhammed al-Kashgari was an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from Kashgar. His father, Husayn, was the mayor of Barsgan, a town in the southeastern part of the lake of Issyk-Kul (nowadays village of Barskoon in Northern Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region) and related to the ruling dynasty of Kara-Khanid Khanate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahmud al-Kashgari has received more than 213,668 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Mahmud al-Kashgari is the 6th most popular linguist, the 49th most popular biography from China (up from 62nd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Linguist.
Mahmud al-Kashgari is most famous for translating the Quran into the Turkic language.
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210k
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
41
Languages Editions (L)
8.19
Effective Languages (L*)
2.39
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Among LINGUISTS
Among linguists, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 6 out of 161. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Noam Chomsky, Max Müller, William James Sidis, and Roman Jakobson. After him are Mesrop Mashtots, Patanjali, Pāṇini, Franz Bopp, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and Edward Sapir.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
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HPI: 78.58
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Noam Chomsky
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HPI: 77.50
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William James Sidis
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HPI: 72.22
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Roman Jakobson
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HPI: 72.05
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Mahmud al-Kashgari
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 6
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Pāṇini
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HPI: 65.28
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Edward Sapir
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HPI: 64.94
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1029, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 2. Before him is Alp Arslan. After him are Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Al-Mustansir Billah, Vseslav of Polotsk, and Theodosius of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1101, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 1. After him are Bruno of Cologne, Roger I of Sicily, John Skylitzes, Su Shi, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Su Song, Conrad II of Italy, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Urraca of Zamora, Akka Mahadevi, and Emperor Daozong of Liao.
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Alp Arslan
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 1
Mahmud al-Kashgari
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 2
Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 3
Al-Mustansir Billah
1029 - 1094
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 4
Vseslav of Polotsk
1029 - 1101
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 5
Theodosius of Kiev
1029 - 1074
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 6
Others Deceased in 1101
Go to all RankingsMahmud al-Kashgari
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 1
Bruno of Cologne
1030 - 1101
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 2
Roger I of Sicily
1031 - 1101
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 3
John Skylitzes
1040 - 1101
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 4
Su Shi
1037 - 1101
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 5
Hugh, Count of Vermandois
1057 - 1101
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 6
Su Song
1020 - 1101
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 7
Conrad II of Italy
1074 - 1101
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 8
Welf I, Duke of Bavaria
1035 - 1101
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 9
Urraca of Zamora
1033 - 1101
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 10
Akka Mahadevi
1130 - 1101
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 11
Emperor Daozong of Liao
1032 - 1101
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 12
In China
Among people born in China, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 49 out of 1,392. Before him are Mozi (-470), Charles K. Kao (1933), Hong Taiji (1592), Lu Xun (1881), Yuan Shikai (1859), and Zhu Xi (1130). After him are Shunzhi Emperor (1638), Sun Quan (182), Liu Shaoqi (1898), Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566), Cao Pi (187), and Sima Yi (179).
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Mozi
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 43
Charles K. Kao
1933 - 2018
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 44
Hong Taiji
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 45
Lu Xun
1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 46
Yuan Shikai
1859 - 1916
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 47
Zhu Xi
1130 - 1200
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 48
Mahmud al-Kashgari
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 49
Shunzhi Emperor
1638 - 1661
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 50
Sun Quan
182 - 252
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 51
Liu Shaoqi
1898 - 1969
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 52
Emperor Gaozu of Tang
566 - 635
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 53
Cao Pi
187 - 226
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 54
Sima Yi
179 - 251
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 55
Among LINGUISTS In China
Among linguists born in China, Mahmud al-Kashgari ranks 1. After him are Yuen Ren Chao (1892).
