Information AboutYaqut Al-hamawi |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT YAQUT AL-HAMAWI | |
| 1179 births | |
| 1229 deaths | |
| arab explorers | |
| arab writers | |
| islamic travel writers | |
| slaves of the muslim world | |
| ancient geographers | |
| islamic geography | |
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Yaqut was known for his encyclopedia writings of the muslim world. The manuscript copier is famous for the books ''Mujem al-baladan'' (معجم البلدان, ''Mu'jam al-udaba' '', "Yaqut's Dictionary of Learned Men") written in 1226 CE, and ''Kitab mu'jam al-budan''("Book of Countries") (finished in 1228). He also wrote the ''al-Mushtarak wadh'a wa al-Muftaraq Sa'qa'' ( المشترک وضعا و المفترق صعقا ), a version of which was printed in 1845 by Wüstenfeld . EXTERNAL LINK |
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