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Yaqut al-Hamawi, Author of the dictionary of places

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ScholarAuthor of the dictionary of places

Yaqut al-Hamawiياقوت الحموي

Approximate dateAleppo

A freed slave of Greek birth who wrote the great dictionary of places.

Born in Byzantine lands and sold as a boy in Baghdad, he was freed and worked as a travelling book dealer. His Mu'jam al-Buldan lists the towns and regions of the known world. He fled Merv as the Mongols approached, and died in Aleppo.

What grew out of it?

His dictionary preserves cities and libraries the Mongols destroyed.

Who else is linked?

AleppoAbbasid CaliphateKhwarazmian Empire

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Nasir li-Din AllahMuhammad al-NasirQutb al-Din AibakAl-AdilMuhammad II of KhwarazmRichard IYaqub al-MansurGenghis Khan

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