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.