Abdallah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr

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Abd Allah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr is the son of Musa ibn Nusayr, the conqueror of the Maghrib. Al-Baladhuri says that he was accused of killing Yazid ibn Abi Muslim and of stirring the people against him, so Bishr ibn Safwan al-Kalbi struck his neck, in the context of the killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim. ¹

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.

Abdallah ibn Musa ibn Nusayr

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Conquest of al-Andalus