TARIQ IBN-ZIYAD
TARIQ IBN-ZIYAD āriq ibn Ziyād (Arabic: طارق بن زياد), also known simply as Tarik in English, was a Berber commander who served the Umayyad Caliphate and initiated the Muslim Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania (present-day Spain and Portugal) in 711–718 AD. Medieval Arabic historians give contradictory data about Ṭāriq's origins and nationality. Some conclusions about his personality and the circumstances of his entry into al-Andalus are surrounded by uncertainty. The vast majority of modern sources state that Ṭāriq was a Berber mawla of Musa ibn Nusayr , the Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya . He is traditionally said to have been born in the Tlemcen region ; he had also lived there with his wife prior to his governance of Tangier. Tariq Ibn Ziyad, was a berber from the tribe of the Ulhassa, a tribe native to the Tafna and currently inhabits the Béni Saf region in Algeria . Hist...