Compiled Divan Lughat at-Turk (1072–1074), the first comprehensive dictionary of the Turkic languages. It records words, proverbs and verse from across the Turkic world and includes one of the earliest maps of the region.
Key achievements
Wrote Divan Lughat at-Turk (1072–1074), the first comprehensive dictionary of the Turkic languages
Drew one of the earliest known maps of the Turkic world
Recorded proverbs, verse and dialect differences that survive nowhere else
