Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- geographer · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Contemporary Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- Traveller and observerTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Jamal Mahmud Salih Hamdan, an Egyptian geographer, born in Gharyat Anay, one of the villages of the Qalyubiya district centre. 1
The data give his birth as 1928 CE (1347 AH) and his death as 1993 CE (1414 AH), from the encyclopaedia alone. These dates need a second source. The rest needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
The seven climates· The equator· The horizon circle· The earth's sphericity· Measuring the earth· Joining the Red Sea to the Mediterranean· Piri Reis map· Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Jamal Hamdan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jamal-hamdan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.