Name: the first raid on al-Andalus (27 AH)
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The first raid on al-Andalus: when Ifriqiya was conquered, 'Uthman ordered 'Abd Allah b. Nafi' b. al-Husayn and 'Abd Allah b. Nafi' b. 'Abd al-Qays to march on al-Andalus — they came by sea — and 'Uthman wrote to those levied with them: "Constantinople is opened only from al-Andalus." They set out, the Berbers with them, and God opened to the Muslims ¹.

The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus

In year 138 Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya ibn Hisham the Umayyad entered al-Andalus and seized it; his days extended and al-Andalus remained in his descendants' hands past the year 400. A man of learning and justice whose mother was Berber, they said: 'The world is ruled by two sons of Berber women — al-Mansur and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya.' By year 148 nothing lay outside al-Mansur's sway but al-Andalus, held by Abd al-Rahman, who did not take the title Commander of the Faithful but only amir — as did his sons.

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The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus