عبد العزيز بن موسى بن نصير

عبد العزيز بن موسى بن نصير

Mus a ibn Nusayr's son, left as his deputy in al-Andalus with his seat at Seville; he secured the frontiers, founded many cities and was the best of its governors, until the army killed him after 95 on Sulayman's orders — one charge being his marriage to Roderic's widow Umm Asim — and his head was laid before his father 1.

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The Umayyad Period
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al-Andalus & Europe
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Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa ibn Nusayr, son of Musa ibn Nusayr. He took over al-Andalus after his father returned from it, and made Seville his seat. He secured its authority, guarded its frontiers and conquered many cities, and he was among the best of its governors, though his term did not last long. 2

The army turned on him after 95 AH, in the caliphate of Sulayman, and killed him over matters they held against him. Among them, they claimed that he had married the wife of Roderic, called Umm Asim, and his head was brought to Sulayman. 3 Al-Salabi notes that the people of Seville rose during his father's siege of Merida, and that his son retook it and then conquered Lablah and Wabba. 4 He also says that some of his own soldiers killed him treacherously at the beginning of Rajab 97 AH. 5

The two accounts differ on the year of his death (95 AH or 97 AH), and this needs an additional source.

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موسى بن نصير
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أم عاصم زوجة لذريق

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Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 317, 335
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.317
  3. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.335
  4. الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.76
  5. الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.83
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islam.museum contributors. “عبد العزيز بن موسى بن نصير”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abd-al-aziz-ibn-musa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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