Reflection of History in Mahmūd Kāshgharī’s Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

سید مهدی جوادی ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2006-11-12 Accepted : 2007-01-05 Published : 2007-02-20

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Kāshgharī’s Dīwān focuses mostly on Turkish language and literature. Theauthor himself had a hand in governmental organization. The longintroduction of the work includes history of the Turks; Turkish accents;noticeable information regarding political, literal, social, cultural history;historical geography and administrative terminology in 4th and 5th centuriesA.H. The writing posses some rare information, particularly regarding theTurks; the common ceremonies of the Islamic world’s residents; a coloured