Yusuf Balasaghuni
c. 1019–c. 1085
Author of Kutadgu Bilig, an early masterpiece of Turkic literature.
- Known as
- Poet
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 1019, Balasagun
- Died
- c. 1085, Kashgar
Alive at the same time as Yusuf Balasaghuni
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