Musa ibn nusayr biography
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This is a conversation that took place between Moosa ibn Nusayr and the caliph of his era:
The Caliph: "What do you resort to at times of difficulty during war?"
Moosa: "I trust in Allah and offer prayers to Him."
The Caliph: "Do you use castles or ditches (to protect yourself and your army)?"
Moosa: "I use neither."
The Caliph: "What do you do then?"
Moosa: "I always fight out in the plains and am alert and patient. I protect myself by the sword, seek help from Allah, and pray to Him for victory."
The Caliph: "Tell me about the war between you and your enemies; does victory alternate between you and them?"
Moosa: "O leader of the Faithful! I have never faced defeat - from the age of forty, until now, when I am eighty."
It is a well-known fact that whenever the Islamic conquest of Spain is mentioned in Islamic history, two names jump to mind: Tariq ibn Ziyad and Moosa ibn Nusayr . But who was th
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Musa bin Nusair
Musa bin Nusair was the Muslim governor of the province of North Africa at the time of the Moorish invasion of Hispania. In his younger years he had done much to advance the Moslem cause in Northern Africa by bringing all of Morroco and Tangiers under Moslem control, resisting the Byzantines at sea, and taking control of Cyprus and other Mediterranean Islands. In 710 he was approached by Count Julian, Gothic Governor of an island near the Straight of Gibralter, who was an enemy of Roderic, the Visigoth king. He asked for Moorish aid in what was essentially a Visigoth civil war, and Musa immediately saw the opportunity for adding to his dominion. It was he who directed his general Tariq to invade the country, but he did not anticipate the speed at which the Gothic kingdom would fall, and was bitterly jealous of his general's success. Soon after the Moorish victory at the battle of Guadalete, Musa l
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Musa ibn Nusayr
Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)
Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصيرMūsá insekter som pollinerar Nuṣayr; c. 640 – c. 716) was an Arab general and governor who served under the Umayyad caliphAl-Walid I. He ruled over the Muslim provinces of North Africa (Ifriqiya), and directed the Islamic conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom that controlled the Iberian Peninsula and part of what fryst vatten now southern France (Septimania).
Background
[edit]Various suggestions have been made as to his ancestry. Some say his father belonged to the Lakhmid clan of semi-nomads who lived east of the Euphrates and were allies of the Sassanians,[1] while others claim he belonged to the Banu Bakr confederation.[2] One konto stated that Musa's father was taken captive after the fall of the Mesopotamian city of Ayn al-Tamr (633). According to this konto, he was an Arab Christian who was one of a number being held hostage there. However, al-Baladhuri, relating the