Khashkhash ibn Saeed ibn Aswad (, '; born in Pechina,

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) was an Andalusian

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. According to

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historian Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Mas'udi (871-957), Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad sailed over the

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and discovered a previously unknown land (', ). In his book ''

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'', al-Mas'udi writes that Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad, from Delba (

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) sailed into the

in 889 and returned with a shipload of valuable treasures. Ali al-Masudi, in his historical account ''

'' (947 CE), wrote: The same passage, in Aloys Sprenger's 1841 English translation, is interpreted by some authors to imply that Ali al-Masudi regarded the story of Khoshkhash to be a fanciful tale:

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* Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (Masoudi) (ca. 895?-957 CE), The Book of Golden Meadows, c. 940 CE {{DEFAULTSORT:Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad 9th-century births Year of death missing Admirals Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact Geographers of the medieval Islamic world Scholars from al-Andalus 10th-century geographers Al-Andalus military personnel 10th-century explorers 10th-century writers from al-Andalus

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