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Tariq ibn Ziyad

active 711 – 714; d. c. 720

North Africa and Iberia (Tangier, Gibraltar, Toledo)

Berber general who, as governor of Tangier under Musa ibn Nusayr, landed at Gibraltar in 711, defeated the Visigothic king Roderick and took Toledo, beginning the Muslim conquest of Iberia.

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Astronaut photograph of the Strait of Gibraltar from the ISS, where Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed into Iberia in 711
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory / ISS Expedition 69 crew (ISS069-E-3412). License: Public domain (NASA).

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Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād" (Reference)
  2. Gibraltar National Museum, "A Brief History of Gibraltar" (Primary source)
  3. Jeffry R. Halverson, Center for Strategic Communication, Arizona State University, "The Tariq ibn Ziyad Master Narrative" (2011) (Scholarly)

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