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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.
Tarif ibn Malik (Arabic: طريف بن مالك) was an Arab commander under Tariq ibn Ziyad, Arab and Umayyad general who led the conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711. Historical sources disagree on whether he was of a Berber or an Arab origin. [1] In July 710 CE, Tariq sent Tarif on a raid to test the southern coastline of the Iberian ...
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Ubayd Allah was the son of Ziyad ibn Abihi whose tribal origins were obscure; while his mother was a Persian concubine named Murjanah. [1] Ziyad served as the Umayyad governor of Iraq and the lands east of that province, collectively known as Khurasan, during the reign of Caliph Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680). [2]
Tarik Ben Ziyad has a length of 105.11 m (344.8 ft), a beam of 13.02 m (42.7 ft) and draft of 3.6 m (12 ft). The frigate has a displacement of 2,185 tonnes (2,150 long tons) and is powered by combined diesel or electric (CODOE) type propulsion, consisted of two 8,100 kW (10,900 shp) SEMT Pielstick 20PA6B STC diesel engines, four 435 kVA/60 Hz generators, and one 150 kVA/60Hz emergency ...
Tariq Aziz (1936-2015), former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein; Tariq Carpenter (born 1998), American football player; Tariq Castro-Fields (born 1999), American football player; Tariq "Corn Kid", American child influencer whose 2022 interview with Recess Therapy was remixed into a song by the Gregory Brothers titled "It's Corn"
Yazīd ibn Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Arabic: يزيد بن زياد بن أبيه) (died 683/84) was a general of the Umayyad Caliphate responsible for the province of Sijistan during the reign of Caliph Yazid I between 680/81 and his death.
Ziyad was likely born in Ta'if in 622 or 623/24. [4] His precise parentage is obscure, hence his frequent name in the sources as Ziyād ibn Abīhi ("Ziyad son of his father"). [5] [6] He was the illegitimate son of a certain Sumayya, his father being unknown. The origins of Sumayya are also obscure.