Yakut is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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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
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Yakut al-Hamawi (1179-1229), Syrian slave turned ethnographer & geographer
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Jamal ud-Din Yakut (before 1200-1240),
Abyssinian slave
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, close adviser & alleged lover of
Razia Sultana
Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din ( fa, ) (died 15 October 1240, ), popularly known as Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, an ...
, first female monarch of
Delhi Sultanate
The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). of
India
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Mehmet Vasıf Yakut
Mehmet Vasıf Yakut (born 15 March 1989) is a Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner. He obtained a quota for participation at the Turkey at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Private life
Mehmet Vasıf Yakut ...
, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner
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Åžahin 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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Turkish-language surnames