1179 - 1229
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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Among explorers, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 84 out of 405. Before 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.
1888 - 1957
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 78
1130 - 1173
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 79
1832 - 1913
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 80
1848 - 1904
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 81
1488 - 1559
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 82
966 - 1000
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 83
1179 - 1229
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 84
1740 - 1807
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 85
1701 - 1774
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 86
1470 - 1516
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 87
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 88
1770 - 1846
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 89
1362 - 1425
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 90
Among people born in 1179, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 3. Before 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 1. After him are Albert of Riga, Blanche of Navarre, Countess of Champagne, and Geoffrey I of Villehardouin.
1179 - 1241
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 1
1179 - 1222
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 2
1179 - 1229
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 3
1179 - 1201
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 4
1179 - 1229
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 1
1165 - 1229
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 2
1177 - 1229
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 3
1169 - 1229
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 4
Among people born in Turkey, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 356 out of 1,301. Before 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).
289 - 304
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 350
800 - 823
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 351
300 - 303
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 352
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 353
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 354
1915 - 1995
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 355
1179 - 1229
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 356
1400 - 1473
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 357
1544 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 358
370 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 359
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 360
300 - 306
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 361
1650 - 1707
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 362
Among explorers born in Turkey, Yaqut al-Hamawi ranks 2. Before him are Evliya Çelebi (1611). After him are Eudoxus of Cyzicus (-100).
1611 - 1682
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 1
1179 - 1229
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 2
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 3