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Uighur monument inscriptions and the Kadatku Bilik (Wisdom that Blesses) by Yusuf Khass Hajil, translated by Armin Vambery
Uigurische Sprachmonumente und das Kudatku bilik
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Fundgruben des Orients, Volume 2 By Wacław Rzewuski (hrabia.)
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Uigurische Sprachmonumente und das Kudatku Bilik. Uigurischer Text mit Transscription und Übersetzung nebst einem uigurisch-deutschen Wörterbuche und lithografirten Facsimile aus dem Originaltexte des Kudatku Bilik (1870)
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