ibn Hayyan
{{Short description|Al-Andalus Arab historian (987–1075)}}
{{about|the historian from Al Andalus|the alchemist|Jābir ibn Hayyān|other uses|Ibn Hayyan (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox historian
| name = Ibn Hayyan
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| birth_date = 987
| birth_place = Córdoba, Al-Andalus (now Spain)
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1075|987}}
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| nationality = Andalusian
| occupation = Historian
| notable_works = * Al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus
- Al-Akhbar fi'l Dawla al-Amiriya
- Kitab al-Matin
| era = Islamic Golden Age
| main_interests = History of Al-Andalus
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Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī ({{Langx|ar|ابن حيَّان القرطبي}}) (987–1075), usually known as Ibn Hayyan, was an Arab{{Cite book |last=R. Menocal |first=Maria |title="The Literature of Al-Andalus" |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2000 |pages=87 |language=English}} Muslim historian from Al-Andalus. His work provides an early reference to Viking raiders, called Majus by him.{{cite book |last1=Christys |first1=Ann |title=Vikings in Spain |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781474213752 |page=21}}
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)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-i/kitab-al-muqtabis-fi-tarikh-rijal-al-andalus-part-of-al-tarikh-al-kabir-COM_23341 http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/christian-muslim-relations/kitab-al-muqtabis-fi-tarikh-rijal-al-andalus-part-of-al-tarikh-al-kabir-COM_23341]>
- Kitab al-Matin.
His best-known works are al-Muqtabis{{Cite web |title=كتاب المقتبس من أنباء الأندلس - المكتبة الشاملة |url=https://shamela.ws/book/16439 |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=shamela.ws}} 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.
External links
- [http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=644 Muslim Heritage.com: Historians in North Africa and Spain]
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Category:11th-century Arabic-language writers
Category:11th-century historians from al-Andalus