Ibn Hayyan
Al-Andalus Arab historian (987–1075) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the historian from Al Andalus. For the alchemist, see Jābir ibn Hayyān. For other uses, see Ibn Hayyan (disambiguation).
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]