Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Overview
Qal'at Busr is a fortress near a city called Mujjana, at the silver mine, in the districts of al-Qayrawan. Al-Baladhuri mentions that Busr ibn Abi Artat conquered it in the governorship of Uqba ibn Nafi. It is said that Musa ibn Nusayr sent him to it when he was eighty-two years old, and it has been named after him to this day. The conquest has a page: The conquest of Qal'at Busr. 1
Connections
- Site of
- The Taking of Qal'at Busr
People and things also explored
بسر بن أبي أرطاة· Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri· The Taking of Qal'at Busr
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qal'at Busr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qalat-busr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.