ابن حيان المؤرخ الأندلسي

Abu Marwan Ibn Hayyan, the Andalusian historian. Al-Maqqari cites him dozens of times in Nafh al-Tib, on the conquest of al-Andalus and the reports of the Umayyads there. ²

Al-Maqqari attributes to him al-Muqtabas fi Akhbar Balad al-Andalus (The Borrowed Fire on the Reports of the Land of al-Andalus), al-Muqtabas fi Tarikh Rijal al-Andalus (on the history of its men), Kitab al-Matin, Kitab al-Dawla al-Amiriyya (The Book of the Amirid State), and al-Tarikh al-Kabir fi Akhbar Ahl al-Andalus (The Great History of the Reports of the People of al-Andalus). ²

In his view, the great bridge of Córdoba was built by order of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz. ²

Whoever wishes to understand the strife of Barcelona and Badajoz should turn to the history of Ibn Hayyan. ³