Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr | Muslim leader | Britannica (original) (raw)
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association with Ṭāriq
In Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr, the Arab conqueror of Morocco, left his general Ṭāriq to govern Tangier in his place. Spain at this time was under Visigothic rule but was rent by civil war. The dispossessed sons of the recently deceased Visigothic king of Spain, Witiza, appealed… Read More
conquest of North Africa
In North Africa: From the Arab conquest to 1830 Under Ibn al-Nuʿmān’s successor, Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr, the Maghrib—at least its eastern portion—was made into a province of the Umayyad Caliphate in 705—the wilāyah of Ifrīqiyyah, thus separated from the wilāyah of Egypt, to which it had been administratively attached until that time. Read More
In Al-Andalus: Initial Muslim conquests Mūsā annexed the entirety of North Africa as far as Tangier, leaving his general Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād to administer and Islamize the Berbers. Only Ceuta remained in Christian hands, being supplied from Spain by the Goth Witiza. Read More
effect on Spain
In Spain: The conquest …dynasty centred in Damascus, appointed Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr governor in the west; Mūsā annexed all of North Africa as far as Tangier (Ṭanjah) and made progress in the difficult task of propagating Islam among the Imazighen. The Christian ruler of Ceuta (Sabtah), Count Julian (variously identified by the Arab chroniclers… Read More
Muslim conquest of Spain
In Battle of Tours: The Muslim conquest of Spain …Basques, his rivals appealed to Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr, the Umayyad governor of the Maghreb. Mūsā dispatched an army under Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād in late spring 711. The force landed at Gibraltar, crossed to mainland Spain, and in July 711 defeated Roderick’s army. Read More
