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Yaqut al-Hamawi

1179 - 1229

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yaqut al-Hamawi has received more than 221,708 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Yaqut al-Hamawi is the 62nd most popular explorer (up from 83rd in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 355th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Explorer.

Yaqut al-Hamawi was a scholar and historian who lived in the 13th century CE. He is most famous for his work, Mu'jam al-Buldan, which is a geographical dictionary of the Islamic world.

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  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 62 out of 498. Before him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, John Smith, Henry Hudson, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, and Diogo Dias. After him are Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Davy Crockett, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and John Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1179, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 2. Before him is Snorri Sturluson. After him are Constance of Aragon, and Theobald III, Count of Champagne. Among people deceased in 1229, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 1. After him are Albert of Riga, Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, and Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 261 out of 1,347. Before him are Antiochus VII Sidetes (-159), Tansu Çiller (1946), Philo of Byzantium (-280), Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Necmettin Erbakan (1926), and Nebahat Çehre (1944). After him are Said Nursî (1877), Gemistus Pletho (1355), Isidore of Miletus (442), Alexander Ypsilantis (1792), Thomas Palaiologos (1409), and Pancras of Rome (289).

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Among EXPLORERS In Türkiye

Among explorers born in Türkiye, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 2. Before him are Evliya Çelebi (1611). After him are Scylax of Caryanda (-600), and Eudoxus of Cyzicus (-100).

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