Mu'jam Al-Buldan
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Mu'jam al-buldan is a book by Yaqut al-Hamawi
, a Muslim
scholar who is famous for his encyclopedic books.
Al-Hamawi started the book in 1224 and finished in 1228, one year before he died.
The book is a kind of "literary geography", because the book covers the history, ethnography, and myths related to the places.
Yaqut al-Hamawi
Yāqūt ibn-'Abdullah al-Rūmī al-Hamawī) was an Islamic biographer and geographer renowned for his encyclopedic writings on the Muslim world. "al-Rumi" refers to his Greek descent; "al-Hamawi" means that he is from Hama, Syria, and ibn-Abdullah is a reference to his father's name, Abdullah...
, a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
scholar who is famous for his encyclopedic books.
Al-Hamawi started the book in 1224 and finished in 1228, one year before he died.
The book is a kind of "literary geography", because the book covers the history, ethnography, and myths related to the places.