# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yaqut-al-hamawi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:53:35.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yaqut-al-hamawi"
name: "Yaqut al-Hamawi"
slug: "yaqut-al-hamawi"
description: "Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine ancestry active during the late Abbasid period. He is known for his Mu'jam ul-Buldān, an influential work on geography containing valuable information pertaining to biography, history and literature as well as geography."
tagline: "Arab bibliographer and geographer (1179–1229)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1178"
deathDate: "1229-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.90865333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "ياقوت الحموي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "ياقوت الحموى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqut_%C9%99l-H%C9%99m%C9%99vi"
    title: "Yaqut əl-Həməvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D2%A1%D1%83%D1%82_%D3%99%D0%BB-%D0%A5%D3%99%D0%BC%D3%99%D2%AF%D0%B8"
    title: "Яҡут әл-Хәмәүи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9"
    title: "ইয়াকুত ইবনে আব্দুল্লাহ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqut_al-Hamaw%C3%AD"
    title: "Yaqut al-Hamawí"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak%C3%BAt_al-Hamaw%C3%AD_ar-R%C3%BAm%C3%AD"
    title: "Jakút al-Hamawí ar-Rúmí"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%81q%C5%ABt_ar-R%C5%ABm%C4%AB"
    title: "Yāqūt ar-Rūmī"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqut_al-Hamawi"
    title: "Yaqut al-Hamawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqut_al-Hamawi"
    title: "Yaqut al-Hamawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "یاقوت حموی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqout_al-Rumi"
    title: "Yaqout al-Rumi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99"
    title: "יאקות אל-חמאווי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakut_al-Hamavi"
    title: "Jakut al-Hamavi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1k%C3%BAt"
    title: "Jákút"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9_%D5%A1%D5%AC-%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%AB"
    title: "Յակութ ալ-Համավի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9_%D5%A1%D5%AC-%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AB"
    title: "Եագութ ալ-Համաուի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqut_al-Hamawi"
    title: "Yaqut al-Hamawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqut"
    title: "Yaqut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヤークート・アル＝ハマウィー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98_%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%97%E1%83%98"
    title: "ალ-ჰამავი იაკუთი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaq%C3%BBt_Hemaw%C3%AE"
    title: "Yaqût Hemawî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Йакут, Хамави Руми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF"
    title: "യാഖൂത്ത് അൽ ഹമാവി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqut_al-Hamawi"
    title: "Yaqut al-Hamawi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yaqut_%C9%99l-H%C9%99m%C9%99vi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump