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Ya'qubi

801 - 898

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ʾAbū al-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim geographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ya'qubi is the 15th most popular geographer (down from 13th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 57th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Geographer.

Ya'qubi was a Muslim historian who wrote a history of the world from the creation of Adam to the year 915. He is most famous for his book Kitab al-Buldan.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ya'qubi ranks 15 out of 86. Before him are Martin Waldseemüller, Carl Ritter, David Harvey, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Wladimir Köppen, and George Everest. After him are Georg Joachim Rheticus, Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, and Al-Bakri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 801, Ya'qubi ranks 3. Before him are Al-Kindi, and Ansgar. After him are Malcolm I of Scotland, Huang Chao, Theodora, Constantine II of Scotland, Leo Phokas the Elder, Enravota, Zoe Zaoutzaina, Eudokia Dekapolitissa, and Grímur Kamban. Among people deceased in 898, Ya'qubi ranks 3. Before him are Lambert of Italy, and Odo of France. After him is Gerolf of Holland.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ya'qubi ranks 59 out of 384. Before him are Mustafa Barzani (1903), Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914), Nabopolassar (-658), and Al-Amin (787). After him are Banū Mūsā (900), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Fuad Masum (1938), Ziryab (789), Shamash-shum-ukin (-650), and Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Iraq

Among geographers born in Iraq, Ya'qubi ranks 1. 

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