Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad
- Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad
Khashkhāsh ibn Sa`īd ibn Aswad (Arabic خشخاش بن سعيد بن اسود) (born in Pechina, Andalusia) was a Moorish admiral.Fact|date=September 2008
According to Muslim historian Abu al-Hasan 'Alī al-Mas'ūdī (871-957), Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad sailed over the Atlantic Ocean and discovered a previously unknown land ("Ard Marjhoola"). In his book "Muruj adh-dhahab wa maadin aljawhar" ("The fields of gold and the mines of jewels"), al-Mas'udi writes that Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad, from Delba (Palos de la Frontera) sailed into the Atlantic Ocean in 889 and returned with a shipload of valuable treasures. According to some, Christopher Columbus had access to Al-Masudi's sea charts at the Spanish royal court.Fact|date=September 2008 In the academic world this spedculation does not have followers.
ources
* Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (Masoudi) (ca. 895?-957 CE),The Book of Golden Meadows, c. 940 CE
ee also
*Pre-Columbian Andalusian-Americas contact theories
*Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī — al Khwārizmī redirects here. For other uses, see al Khwārizmī (disambiguation). Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al Khwārizmī … Wikipedia
Timeline of Islamic science and engineering — This timeline of Islamic science and engineering covers the general development of science and technology in the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age, usually dated from the 7th to 16th centuries.From the 17th century onwards, the advances … Wikipedia
Pre-Columbian Andalusian-Americas contact theories — Pre Columbian al Andalus contact theories are theories which contend that medieval Muslim explorers from Al Andalus (Islamic Iberia, comprising modern Portugal and Spain) and the Maghreb (Northwest Africa) may have reached the Americas, and… … Wikipedia
Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī — Al Biruni redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Al Biruni (crater). For the university, see Al Beroni University. Al Birunī (البیرونی) Alberonius An imaginary rendition of Al Biruni on a 1973 Afghan post stamp Full name Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad… … Wikipedia
Al-Masudi — Muslim scholar Abu al Hasan Ali ibn al Husayn al Mas udi Title al Mas udi Born 896 CE Died 956 CE Main interests History and Geography … Wikipedia
Muhammad al-Idrisi — The Tabula Rogeriana, drawn by al Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily in 1154, one of the most advanced ancient world maps. Modern consolidation, created from the 70 double page spreads of the original atlas … Wikipedia
Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī — Al Dinawari redirects here. For other uses, see Al Dinawari (disambiguation). Muslim scholar Ābu Ḥanīfah Āḥmad ibn Dawūd Dīnawarī Title Al Dinawari Born 828CE Died 896CE Ethnicity … Wikipedia
Al-Muqaddasi — This article is about medieval Arab geographer. For other people named Al Maqdisi or Al Muqaddasi, see Maqdisi. Al Muqaddasi (Al Maqdisi) Born c. 945/946 CE Jerusalem Died 1000 CE Era Islamic Golden Age Region Islamic civilization … Wikipedia
Mahmud al-Kashgari — Maḥmūd al Kāšġarī محمود الكاشغري Born 1005 Kashgar, Qara Khanid Khaqanate Died … Wikipedia
Mu'jam Al-Buldan — is a book by Yaqut al Hamawi, a Muslim scholar who is famous for his encyclopedic books. Al Hamawi started the book in 1224 and finished in 1228, one year before he died. The book is a kind of literary geography , because the book covers the… … Wikipedia
