Yaqut al-Hamawi Quote

Need for a knowledge of geography is greater than the need of gardens for water after the stars have failed to fulfil their promise of rain.


W. Jwaideh The Introductory Chapters of Yāqūt's Muʿjam al-Buldān (1959)


Need for a knowledge of geography is greater than the need of gardens for water after the stars have failed to fulfil their promise of rain.

Need for a knowledge of geography is greater than the need of gardens for water after the stars have failed to fulfil their promise of rain.

Need for a knowledge of geography is greater than the need of gardens for water after the stars have failed to fulfil their promise of rain.

Need for a knowledge of geography is greater than the need of gardens for water after the stars have failed to fulfil their promise of rain.