Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad

Chaschchasch ibn Said ibn Aswad (Arabic خشخاش بن سعيد بن أسود, DMG Hashas b Sa ʿ īd Aswad b, .. * In Pechina, Andalusia ) was a Moorish admiral.

He led an Umayyad 859 fleet against the Normans located on raids towards the Mediterranean. The fleet was defeated, however, why the Normans in the Mediterranean to 862 sacked (including Ibiza).

An almost legendary report of the Arab historian al - Masudis According succeeded Chaschchāsch 889 to cross the Atlantic and go to America on land. With rich treasures he returned a year later from there. The historicity of the report is controversial.