الأندلس

الأندلس

In al-Baladhuri via al-Waqidi: Tariq ibn Ziyad, Musa ibn Nusayr's agent, raided it first in year 92; Alyan, governor of its strait, met him and was granted safety for ferrying him and his companions over in ships — its people fought him and he opened it; its king, they allege, was of the Ashban whose origin is Isfahan.

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فتح الأندلس
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The Conquest of Toledo· أليان· موسى بن نصير· طارق بن زياد· فتح الأندلس· قرطبة· طليطلة

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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The Conquest of Toledo

In al-Baladhuri: Musa ibn Nusayr wrote Tariq ibn Ziyad a harsh letter — for his hazarding the Muslims and presuming on his own judgment in the raid — ordering him not to pass Cordoba; Musa marched to Cordoba of al-Andalus, Tariq appeased him and he was pleased, and Tariq opened the city of Toledo — the kingdom-city of al-Andalus on the Franks' side — seizing there a great table which Musa ibn Nusayr presented to al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik at Damascus when he returned in year 96, al-Walid being ill.