Ibn Hayyan

Al-Andalus Arab historian (987–1075)

Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān 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]


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.

References

  1. ^ R. Menocal, Maria (2000). "The Literature of Al-Andalus". Cambridge University Press. p. 87.
  2. ^ Christys, Ann (2015). Vikings in Spain. Bloomsbury. p. 21. ISBN 9781474213752.
  3. ^ Meouak, Mohamed, "Kitāb al-muqtabis fī ta'rīkh rijāl al-Andalus, part of Al-ta'rīkh al-kabīr." Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. , 2012. Reference. 27 February 2012 <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/christian-muslim-relations/kitab-al-muqtabis-fi-tarikh-rijal-al-andalus-part-of-al-tarikh-al-kabir-COM_23341>
  4. ^ "كتاب المقتبس من أنباء الأندلس - المكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  • 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.

External links

  • Muslim Heritage.com: Historians in North Africa and Spain
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