Yaqut al-Hamawi
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Yaqut (Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah Rumi al-Hamawi) (1179 - 1229) was an Arab biographer and geographer.
He is famous for the book Mujem al-baladan (معجم البلدان) written in 1226 CE.
He also wrote the al-Mushtarak wadh'a wa al-Muftaraq Sa'qa ( المشترک وضعا و المفترق صعقا ), a version of which was printed in 1845 by Wustenfeld.