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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 Greek 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 202,518 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Yaqut al-Hamawi is the 84th most popular explorer (down from 79th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 349th 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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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

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  • 3.25

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 84 out of 405Before him are Richard E. Byrd, Benjamin of Tudela, Ármin Vámbéry, Stepan Makarov, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Bjarni Herjólfsson. After him are Jeanne Baret, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Juan Díaz de Solís, Sebastian Cabot, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, and Jean de Béthencourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1179, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 3Before him are Snorri Sturluson and Constance of Aragon. After him is Theobald III, Count of Champagne. Among people deceased in 1229, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 1After him are Albert of Riga, Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne, and Geoffrey I of Villehardouin.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 356 out of 1,301Before him are Euphemia (289), Thomas the Slav (800), Expeditus (300), Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha (null), Publilius Syrus (-100), and Aziz Nesin (1915). After him are Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Gevherhan Sultan (1544), Cleitus the Black (-370), İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (300), and Ahmad Khani (1650).

Among EXPLORERS In Turkey

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