Faith Community
Islam
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Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdānī
0893-05-10 – 0945-01-01
Life & Legacy
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Hamdānī (Arabic: أبو محمد الحسن بن أحمد بن يعقوب الهمداني, 279/280-333/334 A.H.; c. 893 – 947;) was an Arab Muslim geographer, chemist, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer, from the tribe of Banu Hamdan, western 'Amran, Yemen. He was one of the best representatives of Islamic culture during the last period of the Abbasid Caliphate. His work was the subject of extensive 19th-century Austrian scholarship.
Occupation & Career
grammarian, geographer, astronomer, physicist, poet, chemist, philologist, historian, writer, scientist
Faith & Community
Islam
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Ṣifat Jazīrat al-ʻArab
Legacy Highlights
Church
Islam
Notable Work
Ṣifat Jazīrat al-ʻArab
Verified Legacy Record
Notable Work
Ṣifat Jazīrat al-ʻArab
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q970628 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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