Yūsuf Balasaguni (Yusuf Has Hacib)
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Balasagun |
| Died | Kashgar |
| Kashgar Prefecture | |
| China | |
| Place of burial | Tomb of Yusup Khass Hajip, Kashgar Prefecture, China |
| Known for | Kutadgu Bilig |
| Other name | Khass Hajib (title) |
| Books | Kutadgu Bilig |
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| ID | 2588241 |
Yūsuf Balasaguni (Yusuf Has Hacib) Life story
Yusuf Khass Hajib Balasaguni was an 11th-century Central Asian Turkic poet, statesman, vizier and philosopher from the city of Balasaghun, the capital of the Kara-Khanid Khanate in modern-day East Turkestan. He wrote the Kutadgu Bilig and most of what is known about him, comes from his own writings in this work.
