Yaqut al-Hamawi

Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi
Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi
Personal
Born	1179; Constantinople, Byzantine Empire; (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	1229 (aged 49–50); Aleppo, Zengid Empire; (modern-day Syria)
Religion	Islam
Era	Later Abbasid era (12th–13th century)
Region	Mesopotamia
Main interest(s)	Islamic history, geography, biography

Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn^[1] ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) (Arabic: ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine ancestry^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

^ Dodge, Bayard, ed. (1970). The Fihrist of al-Nadim. Vol. 2. New York & London: Columbia University Press. p. 902.
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^ David C. Conrad, Empires of Medieval West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, (Shoreline Publishing, 2005), 26.
^ Ludwig W. Adamec, The A to Z of Islam, (Scarecrow Press, 2009), 333.

[1] Dodge, Bayard, ed. (1970). The Fihrist of al-Nadim. Vol. 2. New York & London: Columbia University Press. p. 902.

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[3] David C. Conrad, Empires of Medieval West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, (Shoreline Publishing, 2005), 26.

[4] Ludwig W. Adamec, The A to Z of Islam, (Scarecrow Press, 2009), 333.

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Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi
Personal
Born	1179 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died	1229 (aged 49–50) Aleppo, Zengid Empire (modern-day Syria)
Religion	Islam
Era	Later Abbasid era (12th–13th century)
Region	Mesopotamia
Main interest(s)	Islamic history, geography, biography