At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
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Summary
On 21 Muharram 625/1 January 1228 Yaqut began the final fair copy of the Mujam al-Buldan, destined for his patron Ibn al-Kifti's library 1.
He never reached Rusafa
He kept revising the work to the end of his life; in this last revision he never reached the article 'Rusafat Baghdad'. He had also composed al-Mushtarik wad'an wa-l-muftariq suq'an — a register of identically spelled toponyms naming different places — in 623/1226, reworking it until his death 4. In these years he lived in the khan outside Aleppo under al-Qifti's wing 2 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- Yaqut al-Hamawi
- Occurred at
- Aleppo
- During the reign of
- al-Mustansir bi'llah Mansur ibn al-Zahir
People and things also explored
Al-Qifti shelters Yaqut al-Hamawi at Aleppo, c. 625/1228· Al-Qifti is dismissed at his own request and turns to writing, 628/1230· Al-Malik al-Aziz appoints al-Qifti vizier of Aleppo, 633/1236· Yaqut's second journey to Egypt and Damascus for trade, 624/1227· The draft of the Mujam al-Buldan finished at Aleppo, 20 Safar 621/13 March 1224· Yaqut presented to the vizier al-Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti at Aleppo, 609/1212· Yaqut al-Hamawi· Aleppo
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 11 p. 265
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 121
- 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
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islam.museum contributors. “Yaqut begins the definitive edition of the Mujam al-Buldan for al-Qifti's library, 21 Muharram 625/1 January 1228”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yaqut-mujam-definitive-625/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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