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« MarwÃÂn ḤayyÃÂn ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn ḤayyÃÂn al-Andalusë al-Qurá¹Âubë () (987âÂÂ1075), usually known as Ibn Hayyan, was an Arab Muslim historian from Al-Andalus. His work provides an early reference to Viking raiders, called Majus by him.
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)
- Kitab al-Matin.
His best-known works are al-Muqtabis and al-Matin.
References
- Abd al-Rahman al-Hajji (ed.), Al-Muqtabis. Beirut: 1965. Partial Spanish translation in F. Corriente and M.J. Viguera, Cronica del Califa Abdurrahmen III entre les anos 912 y 942 (Zaragoza, 1981)
- David J. Wasserstein. The Caliphate in the West: An Islamic Political Institution in the Iberian Peninsula.
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