Jamala Karshi

JAMAL KARSHI, Abu-l-Fadl ibn Muhammad Jamal ad-Din Karshi (born in 1230-1231, date of death unknown) was a historian, linguist, and poet from the Semirechye region. He was born in the city of Almalyk, the capital of the vilayet of El-Alargu. His father was one of the scholars of the city of Balasagun. For the upbringing and education of his son, Sugnak-tegin, Jamal ad-Din was given the nickname "Karshi" ("Palatial").

In 1282, he translated the Arabic-Arabic dictionary "as-Surah" ("Clarity" or "Lucidity"), compiled by the Central Asian scholar-linguist Abu Nasr Ismail al-Jawhari (who died between 1002-1007), from Arabic into Persian. Between 1302 and 1306, Jamal Karshi wrote his additions in Arabic, naming the work "Mulhakat as-Surah" - "Additions to the Dictionary 'as-Surah'."