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Yakut Khan Qasim Yakut Khan also known as Yakut Shaikhji, Yakub Khan and Sidi Yaqub was a naval Admiral and administrator of Janjira Fort who first served under Bijapur Sultanate and later under the Mughal Empire.The African dispersal in the Deccan: from ...

(before 1672-1733), Indian general who invaded Bombay in 1689 *

Yaqut al-Hamawi Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) () was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th–13th centuries). He is known for his , an influential work on geography con ...

(1179-1229), a Baghdadi former slave of Byzantine Greek ancestry turned Muslim ethnographer & geographer *

Yaqut al-Musta'simi Yaqut al-Musta'simi (Arabic: ياقوت المستعصمي) (died 1298) was a well-known Calligraphy, calligrapher and secretary of the Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid caliph. Life and work He was probably of Pontic Greeks, Greek origin in Amaseia ...

(died 1298), calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph

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Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut Jamal ud-Din Yaqut (also Yakut; died 1240) was an African Siddi slave-turned- nobleman who was a close confidant of Razia Sultan, the first and only female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate in India. Yakut was the puppet of Razia Sultan's stepmothe ...

(before 1200-1240), Abyssinian slave, close adviser & alleged lover of Razia Sultana, first female monarch of Delhi Sultanate of India *

Mehmet Vasıf Yakut Mehmet Vasıf Yakut (born 15 March 1989) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner. He obtained a quota for participation at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Private life Mehmet Vasıf Yakut was born in Gevaş district of Van, Tu ...

, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner *

Narin Yakut Narin Yakut (born 26 April 2004) is a Turkish women's football defender who plays for Fatih Vatan in the Turkish Super League and the Turkey women's national team. Early years Before schooling, Yakut played football with older boys on th ...

(born 2004), Turkish women's footballer *

Şahin Yakut Şahin Yakut (born 8 May 1979 in Iğdır, Turkey) is a Turkish- Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist, currently living in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands and training in Gym Alkmaar. He is a member of the It's Showtime Team and is a training par ...

(1979-), Turkish kickboxer

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