Map from Mahmud al-Kashgari's Diwan (11th century)Mavi Boncuk |
One of al-Kashgari's most historically significant poems, tells of the Turko-Islamic conquest of the last of the renowned Central Asian Buddhist kingdoms, the Kingdom of Khotan of the Iranian Sakas:
Middle Turkic:
Kelnizleyü aktımız!
Kendler üze çıktımız!
Furhan evin yıktımız,
Burhan üze sıçtımız!
Translation:
We came down on them like a flood!
We went out among their cities!
We tore down the idol-temples,
We shat on the Buddha's head!