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Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād (Arabic: طارق بن زياد), also known simply as Tarik in English, was an Umayyad commander who initiated the Muslim conquest of Visigothic Hispania (present-day Spain and Portugal) in 711–718 AD.
Apr 10, 2024 · Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād (died c. 720) was a Berber general who led the Muslim conquest of Spain. Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr, the Arab conqueror of Morocco, left his general Ṭāriq to govern Tangier in his place.
705–715), Tariq ibn Ziyad departed from North Africa in early 711 across the Straits of Gibraltar with a force of about 1,700 men to launch a military expedition against the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo, which controlled the former territory of Roman Hispania.
Nov 13, 2022 · Tariq bin Ziyad is known as the conqueror of Spain and is recognized as one of the greatest Muslim commanders of all time. However, there is relatively little information about his origins or nationality.
Apr 27, 2021 · Tāriq ibn Ziyād was a Berber Umayyad commander who initiated the Muslim Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania between 711 and 718 AD. He led a large army and crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from the North African coast, consolidating his troops at what is today known as the Rock of Gibraltar.
Tarik ibn Ziyad (tä´rĬk), fl. 711, Berber leader of the Muslim invaders of Spain. When the heirs of the Visigothic king, Witiza, requested help from the Moors of N Africa against the usurper Roderick, Tarik, with his Moorish army, crossed (711) from Africa to Gibraltar (originally named for him, in Arabic, Jebel-al-Tarik; i.e., Tarik's ...
Tariq bin Ziyad route is a tale of courage, war, humility, compassion and faith and runs from Tangier through the province of Gibraltar, and links Ecija, Cordoba, Toledo and Granada, the later three being main cities of earlier Moorish civilization.
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