Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani
Geographer and chemist
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Hamdānī was an Arab Muslim geographer, chemist, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer, from the tribe of Banu Hamdan, western 'Amran, Yemen. He was one of the best representatives of Islamic... Wikipedia
Born: May 10, 893 AD, Sana'a, Yemen
Died: 945 AD (age 52 years), Raydah, Yemen
Books: Ṣifat Jazīrat al-ʻArab, The Antiquities of South Arabia: Being a Translation from the Arabic with Linguistic, Geographic, and Historic Notes, of the Eighth Book of Al-Hamdāni's Al-Iklīl, and The Antiquities of South Arabia: Being a Translation from the Arabic with Linguistic, Geographic, and Historic Notes of the Eighth Book of Al-Hamdāni's Al-Iklīl, Reconstructed from Al-Karmali's Edition and a MS in the Garrett Collection, Princeton University, Library
Nationality: Yemeni
Parents: Aḥmad ibn Yaqub al-Hamdani
Notable works: Sifat Jazirat ul-Arab and Al-Iklīl