Yaqut

Yaqut (Arabic: ياقوت, romanized: Yāqūt), sometimes transliterated Yāḳūt or Yācūt, is the Arabic word for ruby. As a personal name, it may refer to:

  • Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229), Muslim biographer and geographer of Greek origin
  • Yaqut al-Musta'simi (died 1298), calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph
  • Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut (ca. 1200–1240), confidante of the first female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate in India
Not to be confused with Yaghūth.
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