Tonyukuk

Tonyukuk

male, deceased (724)
Tonyukuk was the grand vizier and Commander-in-Chief of four Kokturk Khans, the best known of whom is Bilge Khan. He played a major role in the...

Fuzûlî

male, deceased (1556)
Fuzûlî is generally believed to have been born around 1483 in what is now Iraq, when the area was under Ak Koyunlu Turkmen rule; he was probably bo...
Timur

Timur

male, deceased (1405)
Tīmūr bin Tara<u>gh</u>ay Barlas, known in the West as Tamburlaine, was a 14th century warlord of Turco-Mongol descent, conqueror of much of We...
An Lushan

An Lushan

male, deceased (757)
An Lushan (703 - 757) was a military leader of Turkic-Sogdian origin during the Tang Dynasty in China. He rose to prominence by fighting during the...
Osman II

Osman II

male, deceased (1622)
Osman II (November 3, 1604 - May 20, 1622) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death on 20 May 1622. Osman II was the son of...
Mahmud Al-Kashgari

Mahmud Al-Kashgari

male, 1001 years old
Mahmud ibn Hussayn ibn Muhammad al-Kashgari, born in 1008, was an early Turkic linguist of Turkic languages from the Kara-Khanid Khanate, born in...
Iraj Bashiri

Iraj Bashiri

male, 69 years old
Iraj Bashiri is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, USA‎ and one of the leading scholars in the fields of Central Asian Studies an...
Qutuz

Qutuz

male, deceased (1260)
Saif ad-Din Qutuz was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 1259 until his death. He was Turkic and born in a royal family before he was captured by the...
Alptigin

Alptigin

male, deceased (975)
Alptigin (Turkic for "Brave Prince";) was the grandfather of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. Alptigin was a general of Central Asian Turkic origin from...
Andreas Tietze

Andreas Tietze

male, deceased (2003)
Andreas Tietze was a world-renowned Austrian Turcologist and one of the founders of Turkic studies in the United States. He was educated in Vienna...