Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, active 711
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Name (Latin)
Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, active 711
Name (Arabic)
طارق بن زياد
Other forms of name
Ibn Ziyād, Ṭāriḳ, active 711
Ibn Ziyād, Ṭāriq, active 711
Ṭāriḳ ibn Ziyād, active 711
Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, fl. 711
ابن زياد، طارق
Date of birth
0670
Date of death
0721
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Zaydān, J. Fatḥ al-Andalus ... 1965.
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Tarik ibn Ziyad -
Theodor Hosemann (1807-1875), Public domain
Wikipedia description:
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. 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 (named after him, from Arabic Jabal Ṭāriq (جبل طارق), literally 'mountain of Tariq).
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