The Conquest of the Maghreb

فتح المغرب

A trail through the conquest of Africa.

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Maghreb
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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. Uqba

    ابن نافع: صاحب القيروان وأسطورة الغرب.

    Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri · Qayrawan

  2. Kairouan

    670: أول مصر مغربي يُؤسس.

    Qayrawan · Tunis

  3. Tangier

    الطريق الغربي ينفتح: باب الأندلس.

    The Conquest of Tangier · The Conquest of Tangier

  4. Musa ibn Nusayr

    والي إفريقية يكمل الفتح إلى المحيط.

    موسى بن نصير · Qayrawan

  5. Toward Iberia

    الضفة الأخرى تنتظر: جبل طارق قريب.

    طارق بن زياد · al-Andalus

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Overview

A path through the conquests of Ifriqiya: Uqba ibn Nafi' founds Qayrawan, Tangier falls, and the whole Maghrib reaches the ocean. Eighty years of advance.

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islam.museum contributors. “The Conquest of the Maghreb”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-conquest-maghreb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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