Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Andalusī 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] The following works are ascribed to Ibn Hayyan: His best-known works are al-Muqtabis[4] and al-Matin.