Alp Er Tunga or Alp er Tonğa ("Brave Soldier Tunga": Alp "Alp, yiğit, kahraman, bahadır", er "Er, erkek, adam", tonğa "bebür") is a mythical hero who was mentioned in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Divânu Lügati't-Türk (Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

: دیوان لغات الترک Compendium of the languages of the Turks), Turkic mythology and Turkish literature

Turkish literature

Turkish literature comprises both oral compositions and written texts in the Turkish language, either in its Ottoman form or in less exclusively literary forms, such as that spoken in the Republic of Turkey today...

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In Turkic literature he is considered to be the same character as Afrasiab

Afrasiab

Afrasiab is the name of the mythical king and hero of Turan.-The Mythical King and Hero:According to the Shahnameh , by the Persian epic poet Ferdowsi, Afrasiab was the king and hero of Turan and an archenemy of Iran...

 in the Persian Epic Shahnameh

Shahnameh

The Shahnameh or Shah-nama is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c.977 and 1010 AD and is the national epic of Iran and related societies...

. He is sometimes mentioned as a khan of Saka

Saka

The Saka were a Scythian tribe or group of tribes....

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