Hashchash ibn Said ibn Aswad
Hashchash ibn Said ibn Aswad ( Arabic خَشْخَاش ٱبْن سَعِيد ٱبْن أَسْوَد, DMG Ḫašḫāš ibn Saʿīd ibn ʾAswad ; * in Pechina , Andalusia ) was a Moorish admiral.
In 859 he led an Umayyad fleet against the Normans on raids towards Seville . The fleet stopped the Normans when they entered the Guadalquivir , which is why the Normans instead plundered in the Mediterranean until 862 (including Ibiza ).
According to an almost legendary report by the Arab historian al-Masudi , the Chashchāsh, who set out from Palos , managed to cross the Atlantic in 889 and land in America . He returned from there the following year with rich treasures. The historicity of the report is, however, controversial.
See also: Discovery of America
literature
- Douglas M. Dunlop: The British Isles According To Medieval Arabic Authors, in: The Islamic Quarterly (1957). here online
- Évariste Lévi-Provençal : Le siècle du califat de Cordoue, (= Histoire de l'Espagne musulmane , vol. 3), Paris 1953.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hashchash ibn Said ibn Aswad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | خشخاش بن سعيد بن أسود (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moorish admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pechina , Andalusia |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 889 |