Ibn Hayyan

This article is about the historian from Al Andalus. For the alchemist, see Jābir ibn Hayyān. For other uses, see Ibn Hayyan (disambiguation).

Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī (Arabic: ابن حيَّان القرطبي) (987–1075), usually known as Ibn Hayyan, was an Arab^[1] Muslim historian from Al-Andalus. His work provides an early reference to Viking raiders, called Majus by him.^[2]

Ibn Hayyan
Born	987 Córdoba, Al-Andalus (now Spain)
Died	1075 (aged 87–88)
Nationality	Andalusian
Occupation	Historian
Academic work
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Main interests	History of Al-Andalus
Notable works	Al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus Al-Akhbar fi'l Dawla al-Amiriya Kitab al-Matin

Works

The following works are ascribed to Ibn Hayyan:

• Tarikh Fuqaha Qurtuba
• Al-Kitab al ladi Jama'a fihi bayna Kitbay al-Qubbashi wa Ibn Afif
• Intijab al-Jamil li Ma'athir Banu Khatab
• Al-Akhbar fi'l Dawla al-Amiriya (in 100 volumes)
• Al-Batsha al-Kubra (in ten volumes).
• Al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus (in ten volumes)^[3]
• Kitab al-Matin.

His best-known works are al-Muqtabis^[4] and al-Matin.