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The word is derived from the Arabic verb طرق , (ṭaraqa), meaning "to strike", [2] and into the agentive conjugated doer form طارق , (ṭāriq), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ibn Ziyad , a Muslim military leader who conquered Iberia in the Battle of Guadalete in 711 AD.
Tariq ibn Ziyad (Arabic: طارق بن زياد Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād; c. 670 – c. 720), also known simply as Tarik in English, was an Umayyad commander who initiated the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain and Portugal) against the Visigothic Kingdom in 711–718 AD.
Aṭ-Ṭāriq [1] (Arabic: الطارق, "the Morning Star", "Nightcomer"), is the eighty-sixth sura of the Quran, with 17 ayat or verses. Muslims believe this chapter was revealed in Mecca at a time when the disbelievers were employing all sorts of devices and plans to defeat and frustrate the message of the Quran and Muhammad.
Here’s an excellent list of 205 Arabic names and their meanings. With so many, you’re sure to find one that makes (almost!) everybody happy. ... Tariq – meaning "morning star" 62. Khalil ...
Tarikh (Arabic: تاريخ, romanized: Tārīkh) is an Arabic word meaning "date, chronology, era", whence by extension "annals, history, historiography". It is also used in Persian, Urdu, Bengali and the Turkic languages. It is found in the title of many historical works.
These were studied by the Arabic scholar Octave Houdas. The undated Manuscript A had been sent by Louis Archinard , Manuscript B was a copy made for Félix Dubois while in Djenné in 1895 and was very similar to Manuscript A. [ 5 ] A third copy of the Tarikh al-Sudan , Manuscript C, was sent to Houdas by the linguist René Basset who was head ...
Muhammad Tariq Abd al-Qadir al-Tarabulsi al-Afriqi (Arabic: محمد طارق عبد القادر الطرابلسي الإفريقي) was a Libyan military officer who served as a commander in the Ottoman Army and later he became the first Chief of War Staff of King Abd al-Aziz al-Saud's army, with the rank of brigadier general, and in addition he participated in the Arab-Israeli War.
Tariq ibn Amr al-Amawi (Arabic: طارق بن عمرو الأموي, romanized: Ṭāriq ibn ʿAmr al-ʿAmawī; fl. 644–693) was an Umayyad commander and governor of Medina in 691/92–693. [1] He was a mawla (non-Arab Muslim convert) and freedman of Caliph Uthman (r. 644–656). [2] [3] He later entered the service of the Umayyad caliph Abd ...