Yusuf Has Hajib, as shown on the Kyrgyz 1000 som note.

Yusuf Has Hajib (full name: Yūsuf Khāṣṣ Ḥājib Balasağuni; Kyrgyz: Жусуп Баласагын) was an 11th century Uyghur scribe from the city of Balasaghun, the capital of the Karakhanid empire. He wrote the Kutadgu Bilig and most of what is known about him comes from his own writings in this work. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x638, 104 KB) Description: Yusuf Has Hajib, Uyghur scribe, as featured on the Kyrgyz 1000 som note. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x638, 104 KB) Description: Yusuf Has Hajib, Uyghur scribe, as featured on the Kyrgyz 1000 som note. ... Five Kyrgyzstani Som Note (1997) 100 Kyrgystani Som Notes (2002) The Kyrgyzstani Som (sometimes transliterated Sum or Soum) is the currency of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. ... Kyrgyz or Kirghiz (Кыргыз тили) is a Northwestern Turkic language, and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... The Uyghur (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; Uighur Simplified Chinese: 维吾尔; Traditional Chinese: 維吾爾; Pinyin: Wéiwúěr; Turkish: Uygur) are a Turkic people, forming one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Balasagun, also spelled as Balassagun was an ancient city in modern-day Kyrgyzstan and capital of the Kara-Khitan Khanate. ... the karakhanids are one of the uighur kingdoom with capital called kahgar(uighur autonomous rigion) ... The Kutadgu Bilig, or QutadÄŸu Bilig (English: IPA: , Middle Turkic IPA, proposed: //), is a Karakhanid work from the 11th century written by of Balasagun for the prince of Kashgar. ...

Balasagun was located near present-day Tokmok in Kyrgyzstan. Yusuf Has Hajib was about 50 years old when he completed the Kutadgu Bilig. After presenting the completed work to the prince of Kashgar he was awarded the title Khāṣṣ Ḥājib, an honorific similar to "Privy Chamberlain" or "Chancellor". Dont confuse that city with the small town Tokmak on a peninsula of the Aral Sea. ... Location of Kashgar Kashgars Sunday market Kashgar (also spelled Cascar[citation needed]; Uyghur: قەشقەر/; Chinese: ; pinyin: Kāshí, ), is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect and is used in addressing or referring to a person. ...

He is often referred to as either Yūsuf Balasaguni or Yūsuf Khāṣṣ Ḥājib.

Some scholars suspect that the prologue to the Kutadgu Bilig, which is much more overtly Islamic than the rest of the text, was not written by Yūsuf, particularly the first prologue, which is in prose, unlike the rest of the text.

He is entombed in his mausoleum in Kashgar. St. ... Location of Kashgar Kashgars Sunday market Kashgar (also spelled Cascar[citation needed]; Uyghur: قەشقەر/; Chinese: ; pinyin: Kāshí, ), is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...