Musa ibn Nusayr
640 CE – 716 CE
Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصير, Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr; c. 640 – c. 716) was an Arab Muslim military commander, statesman, and governor of the Umayyad Caliphate who served under the caliphs Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and Al-Walid I. As governor of Ifriqiya, he completed the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, consolidated Umayyad authority across North Africa, and oversaw the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, one of the most significant expansions in early Islamic history.
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Born · 640 CE
711 CEUmayyad Conquest Of HispaniaThe Umayyad Caliphate conquered the Visigothic Kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century. The conquest resulted in the end of Christian…
Died · 716 CE
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Al-Walid I
Tariq ibn Ziyad