Abd al-Malik ibn Musa ibn Nusayr

Overview

Abd al-Malik, son of Musa ibn Nusayr. ²

Rule of the Far Maghrib

Al-Maqqari reports from Ibn Sa'id that the descendants of Musa had distinction in rule: Abd al-Aziz took rule over al-Andalus, Abd al-Malik over the Far Maghrib, and Abdallah over Ifriqiya. ²

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The data include nothing on his birth or death. An additional source is needed.

Conquest of al-Andalus

Tabari reports under the year 91 that Musa ibn Nusayr raided al-Andalus and that towns and fortresses were opened at his hands. The index heading 'Conquest of al-Andalus' falls under the year 92. According to al-Baladhuri, on the authority of al-Waqidi, Tariq ibn Ziyad, Musa's deputy, raided al-Andalus; he was the first to raid it, in the year 92. Alyan, governor of the strait to al-Andalus, met him, and Tariq granted him safe-conduct on condition that he carry Tariq and his companions to al-Andalus in ships. When they arrived, its people fought them and he conquered it, also in the year 92; its king, they claim, was of the al-Ashban, whose origin was Isfahan. The book notes that the conquest came after a reconnaissance raid led by Tarif ibn Malik in Ramadan 91 AH (July 710 CE), then Tariq ibn Ziyad's crossing in Rajab 92 AH, and that the book rejects the reports that make booty the cause of the conquest. The book says that Musa set out from al-Qayrawan in 93 AH and took Carmona, then Seville and Merida; he met Tariq at Toledo in late 94 AH, then reached Galicia and the Asturias; and that al-Walid summoned him to Damascus, where he arrived in 96 AH before al-Walid's death.

Abd al-Malik ibn Musa ibn Nusayr

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Rule of the Far Maghrib

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Conquest of al-Andalus