Yaqut al-Hamawi
(1179-1229)
Arab bibliographer and geographer
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Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) (Arabic: ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of 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.
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1179 Istanbul (Constantinople)
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1229 (aged 49) Aleppo
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