Yaqut al-Hamawi
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Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine Greek ancestry active during the late Abbasid period. He is known for his Mu'jam ul-Buldān, an influential work on geography containing valuable information... Wikipedia
Born: 1178, Anatolia
Died: 1229 (age 51 years), Aleppo, Syria
Full name: Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi
Nationality: Egyptian, Iranian, Iraqi, and more
Place of burial: Al-Khaizaran Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq
Parents: Abdullah al-Hamwi
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