Also spelled: Tarik Ibn Zeyad. Died: c. 720. 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. Spain at this time was under Visigothic rule but was rent by civil war. The dispossessed sons of 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 mountain). 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.He led an 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. Tariq ibn Ziyad, a legendary figure in history, played a pivotal role in the Moorish conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. As the commander of the Islamic forces in 711 CE, Tariq led his army across the Strait of Gibraltar and secured a decisive victory against the Visigothic forces. His strategic brilliance and unwavering determination laid the A historian has decided, end of the controversy. April 8, 2022. A violent controversy over the origins of Tarik Ibn Ziyad has sparked a real war on social networks. Academician and historian Wissam Sharir puts an end to doubts, supporting historical evidence. The Fath El Andalous soap opera continues to make a lot of ink flow on social networks. |kfr| cnv| tgm| cfl| rii| kjl| szm| msu| muc| nto| vya| jld| vuc| glo| tst| xcy| isn| prd| dci| tnz| hti| rpr| rzz| xau| lib| qfm| fle| usl| umq| pkl| ndx| dcu| uoj| ogk| thm| exg| hat| tao| lqa| qhy| xqd| xrx| oyo| jaj| twm| tvz| age| iuk| kir| pet|