Târiq Ibn Ziyâd

in tarik •  7 years ago 

Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād (Arabic: طارق بن زياد‎) was a Berber[1][2][3] Muslim commander who led the Islamic Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711–718 A.D. Under the orders of the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I 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. The name "Gibraltar" is the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name Jabal Ṭāriq (جبل طارق), meaning "mountain of Ṭāriq",[4] which is named after him.

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