Yakut (name)

Updated on Jan 02, 2025

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Yakut is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Yakut al-Hamawi (1179-1229), a Syrian slave turned ethnographer and geographer

Yakut Khan, the Siddi general who invaded Bombay in 1689

Jamal ud-Din Yakut, an Abyssinian slave, close adviser and alleged lover of Razia Sultana, the first female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate of India

Ahmet Yakut, Turkish poet

Şahin Yakut, Turkish kickboxer

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