Yaqut al-Hamawi
1178 –August 20, 1229
Explorer, Geographer, Writer, Historian
Lived 51 years
- Born in
- Constantinople
- Passed away in
- Aleppo
Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) (Arabic: ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of the Byzantine ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th–13th centuries). He is known for his Mu'jam ul-Buldān, an influential work on geography containing valuable information pertaining to biography, history and literature as well as geography.
Notable works: Muʿjam al-Buldān, Mu'jam al-udaba
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