Ibn Hayyan Explained
| Ibn Hayyan |
| Birth Date: | 987 |
| Birth Place: | Córdoba, Al-Andalus (now Spain) |
| Death Date: | 1075 |
| Nationality: | Andalusian |
| Occupation: | Historian |
| Notable Works: | - Al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus
- Al-Akhbar fi'l Dawla al-Amiriya
- Kitab al-Matin
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| Era: | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main Interests: | History of Al-Andalus |
Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī (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
- Book: R. Menocal, Maria . "The Literature of Al-Andalus" . Cambridge University Press . 2000 . 87 . English.
- Book: Christys . Ann . Vikings in Spain . 2015 . Bloomsbury . 9781474213752 . 21.
- 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>
- Web site: كتاب المقتبس من أنباء الأندلس - المكتبة الشاملة . 2023-02-12 . shamela.ws.
- 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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