Jamal Hamdan
جمال حمدان
1928 CE · 1347 AH – 1993 CE · 1414 AH
An Egyptian geographer born in Gharyat Anay, a village in the Qalyubiyya district.
At a glance
- Roles
- geographer · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Contemporary Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- Traveller and observerTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Jamal Mahmud Salih Hamdan, an Egyptian geographer, born in Gharyat Anay, one of the villages of the Qalyubiya district centre. 1
The data give his birth as 1928 CE (1347 AH) and his death as 1993 CE (1414 AH), from the encyclopaedia alone. These dates need a second source. The rest needs an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Jamal Hamdan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jamal-hamdan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.