Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani | |
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أبو محمد الحسن الهمداني | |
Born | c. 893 |
Died | c. 945-947 |
Other names | Abu Al-Hasan Al-Hamdani |
Occupation(s) | Geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer |
Academic work | |
Era | Abbasid |
Main interests | Geography, History, Astronomy, Writing |
Notable works | Sifat Jazirat ul-Arab and Al-Iklīl |
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Hamdānī (Arabic: أبو محمد الحسن بن أحمد بن يعقوب الهمداني, 279/280-333/334 A.H.; c. 893 – 947;) was an Arab[1] Muslim geographer, chemist, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer, from the tribe of Banu Hamdan, western 'Amran, Yemen.[2] He was one of the best representatives of Islamic culture during the last period of the Abbasid Caliphate. His work was the subject of extensive 19th-century Austrian scholarship.
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