Yaqut al-Hamawi
Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1179 |
| Died | 1229 (aged 49–50) |
| Era | Later Abbasid era (12th–13th century) |
| Region | Mesopotamia |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic history, geography, biography |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
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.