At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
More than geography
The book is not confined to geographical and topographical names; it includes literary and poetic matter and biographies of prominent figures from the places presented, some cities and regions treated at length — Aleppo and its district, and Marw — the places where Yaqut had long resided 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- Yaqut al-Hamawi
- Occurred at
- Aleppo
- During the reign of
- al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'
People and things also explored
Yaqut presented to the vizier al-Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti at Aleppo, 609/1212· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Al-Ashraf defeats Kaykawus of Rum near Buza'a, 615 AH (1218)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo· Ibn al-Salah enters al-Sham in 617 or earlier: Damascus, Aleppo and Harran, 617/1220· Ibn Layun the Armenian raids the Aleppo countryside· Al-Qifti leaves Jerusalem for Aleppo, 598/1201
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 11 p. 265
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 278
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 11 p. 265-266
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The draft of the Mujam al-Buldan finished at Aleppo, 20 Safar 621/13 March 1224”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yaqut-mujam-621/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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