طريف بن مالك
طريف بن مالك
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- Roles
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- Era
- The Umayyad Period
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Overview
Tarif ibn Malik led the reconnaissance expedition to al-Andalus. The book says it numbered five hundred soldiers, among them a hundred horsemen, and that he was a Muslim Berber 1.
The expedition
The expedition crossed from Ceuta in Ramadan of the year 91 AH (July 710 CE), and landed near an island that was later known by his name. It toured the region, and sent groups to Jabal Tariq and elsewhere 1.
According to the book itself, its information formed the basis of the conquest plan.
Sources
- الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.67
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islam.museum contributors. “طريف بن مالك”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/tarif-ibn-malik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.