Yāqūt al-Rūmī (English spelling)

Japanese: ヤークート - やーくーと(英語表記)Yāqūt al-Rūmī
Yāqūt al-Rūmī (English spelling)

A Muslim geographer. Born in Anatolia to Greek parents, he was sold as a slave to a wealthy merchant in Hama (southwest Syria), who named him Yakut (Carbuncle). He worked in trading, and after he was freed, he set out on his own, opened a bookstore, and began writing. He went on a journey and stayed in Persia, where he fled when the Mongol army led by Genghis Khan invaded. While frequenting the library in Merw (Mary), he began compiling the geographical dictionary "Collection of Countries" in 1218, and completed it in 1224 while moving around from place to place. His works include "Collection of Writers," a collection of biographies of literati related to Arab literature, and "Collection of Genealogies," a collection of genealogies of various Arab tribes. Many of his quotes are from ancient books that have been lost and no longer exist, doubling the value of his work.

[Keishiro Sato]

[References] | Siraaf | Behistan

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イスラムの地理学者。ギリシア人を両親とし、アナトリアに生まれる。奴隷としてハマー(シリア南西部)の豪商に売られ、主人によりヤークート(紅玉)と命名された。取引に従事し、自由の身に解放されると、独立して書店を営み、著述を始めた。放浪の旅に出てペルシアに滞在中、チンギス・ハンの率いるモンゴル軍の侵入にあい避難する。メルブ(マリー)の図書館に出入りするうち、1218年に地理学辞典『諸国集成』の編纂(へんさん)に着手し、各地を転居しながら1224年に完成させた。アラブ文学関係の文人伝記集『文人集成』、アラブ諸部族の系譜を集めた『系譜集成』などの著作がある。散逸して現存しない古書からの引用が多く、その価値が倍加されている。

[佐藤圭四郎]

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