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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.
Abdellah Guennoun introduces the book as an endeavor to trace the course of intellectual life in al-Maghrib al-Aqsa, the far west, over the centuries from the conquest of Al-Andalus in 711 led by Tariq ibn Ziyad.
Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik, also known as Sa'id al-Khayr (Sa'id the Good), was an Umayyad prince, governor and military leader; Tariq ibn-Ziyad (670–720), a Berber general, he was a governor in Tangier (city in Morocco). He was later ordered by Musa ibn Nusayr to lead the Muslim army to conquer Hispania.
Tariq ibn Ziyad, one of the leaders of the Moorish conquest of Iberia in 711. [14] Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury; Dihya or al-Kahina; Aksil or Kusayla; Salih ibn Tarif of the Berghouata; Abbas Ibn Firnas, inventor and aviator who made the first attempt at controlled flight; Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad ...
Almoravid (Tamim ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin) storm Talavera on the Tagus to the west of Toledo. The country to the north and south of Toledo is ravaged and the city unsuccessfully besieged for a month. Alvar Fañez leads the defence. Emir Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin joined this year's Jihad but does not mention him in the actions.
Tariq Trotter (born 1973), lead artist from the rap group The Roots Tariq Woolen (born 1999), American football player Tariq ibn-Ziyad (670-720), one of the Berber conquerors of the Iberian Peninsula in 711
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The commanders of the conquest were Tariq ibn-Ziyad and Musa bin Nusair in 711–712. At first, Musa Ibn Nasir was given the governorate of Ifriqiya, succeeding Hassan Ibn al-Nu`man in 78 AH (697 AD). [165] [166] Musa started his career in Africa by quickly pacifying the rebellions of Berber remnants across northern Africa in the same year. [165]