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Ideas across generations

10TH CENTURY — PRESENT

Follow the people in this archive through four intellectual eras, from the Karakhanid world to the twentieth century.

01

9th–13th century

Karakhanid era

قاراخانىيلار دەۋرى
  1. 922 – 955Depiction of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan (c. 922–955), founder of the Karakhanid dynasty and the first Turkic khan to accept Islamسۇلتان سۇتۇق بۇغراخانSultan Satuq Bughra KhanRuler · Karakhanid Khan · Kashgar region
  2. 1008 – 1105Portrait of Mahmud al-Kashgari (c. 1008–1105), Karakhanid Uyghur lexicographer who compiled the Diwan Lughat al-Turkمەھمۇد كاشىغەرىMahmud al-KashgariLexicographer · Linguist · Geographer · Azigh village, Opal, Kashgar
  3. 1019 – 1085Portrait of Yusuf Khass Hajib (1019–1085), Karakhanid poet and philosopher, author of the Qutadghu Bilikيۈسۈپ خاس ھاجىپYusuf Khass HajibPoet · Philosopher · Statesman · Balasagun
02

14th–18th century

Chaghatay era

چاغاتاي دەۋرى
  1. 1441 – 1501Portrait of Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441–1501), Chaghatay Turkic poet, linguist and Timurid statesman of Heratئەلشىر نەۋايىAli-Shir Nava'iPoet · Linguist · Statesman · Painter · Herat
03

19th century – 1949

Modern era

يېقىنقى زامان
  1. 1836 – 1917Portrait of Mulla Musa Sayrami (1836–1917), Uyghur historian and author of Tarikh-i Hemidi and Tarikh-i Eminiyeموللا مۇسا سايرامىMulla Musa SayramiHistorian · Scholar · Poet · Toghayla, Sayram, Bay County
  2. b. 1856Portrait of Huseyinkhan Ekber Tejelli (born 1856), Uyghur scholar, poet, physician and chemist of QaghiliqتەجەللىTejelli (Huseyinkhan Ekber)Scholar · Poet · Physician · Chemist · Educator · Ayken village, Zonglang, Qaghiliq (Kargilik)
  3. 1862 – 1924Portrait of Abduqadir Damolla (1862–1924), Uyghur Islamic scholar and reformer of the Uyghur enlightenment movementئابدۇقادىر داموللاAbdulqadir DamollamIslamic scholar · Reformer · Philosopher · Poet · Meshhed village, Artush (Atush)
  4. 1882 – 1942Portrait of Ayhan Turdi, known as Ayhan Ana (1882–1942), Uyghur educator of Ghulja who founded a school for orphaned childrenئايخان ئاناAyhan AnaEducator · Philanthropist · School founder · Ghulja (Yining), Ili
  5. b. 1885Portrait of Maqsut Muhiti (born 1885), Uyghur merchant, patron of education and a leader of the 1932 Turpan uprisingمەخسۇت مۇھىتىMaqsut MuhitiEducator · Merchant · Revolutionary · Ghujamaldi quarter, Astana, Turpan
  6. 1901 – 1933Portrait of Abdukhaliq Uyghur (1901–1933), Uyghur poet and educator, author of the poem Oyghan (Awake)ئابدۇخالىق ئۇيغۇرAbdukhaliq UyghurPoet · Educator · Revolutionary · Turpan, East Turkistan
  7. 1901 – 1937Portrait of Memtili Tewpiq (Memtili Ependi, 1901–1937), Uyghur educator and poet from Atush, author of the poem Oquمەمتىلى تەۋپىقMemtili TewpiqEducator · Poet · Reformer · Boyamet, Atush (Artush)
  8. 1904 – 1971Portrait of the Uyghur poet Nimshehit (1904–1971), pen name meaning "half-martyr", of Sayram in Bay CountyنىمشېھىتNimshehitPoet · Sayram, Bay County, Aksu
  9. 1922 – 1945Portrait of Lutpulla Mutellip (1922–1945), Uyghur poet and playwright known for the poem Yillargha Jawapلۇتپۇللا مۇتەللىپLutpulla MutellipPoet · Playwright · Journalist · Nilqa, Ili, East Turkistan
04

1949 – present

Contemporary

ھازىرقى زامان
  1. 1923 – 1995Portrait photograph of Abdurehim Otkur (1923–1995), Uyghur poet, novelist and historian, author of the novels Iz and Oyghanghan Zéminئابدۇرېھىم ئۆتكۈرAbdurehim OtkurPoet · Novelist · Historian · Qumul (Kumul, Hami), East Turkistan
  2. 1930 – 1989Portrait of Teyipjan Eliyow (1930–1989), contemporary Uyghur poet and writer from Qorghas in the Ili regionتېيىپجان ئېلىيوفTeyipjan EliyowPoet · Writer · Qorghas County, Ili
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Undated records

ۋاقتى ئېنىقلانمىغانلار
  1. UnknownDepiction of Ghazibay, celebrated Uyghur physician and herbalist of Khotan, author of a compendium of herbal medicinesغازىبايGhazibayPhysician · Herbalist