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Tariq Bin Ziad invaded Spain but it was Abdul Rahman -I who conquered Spain and established Muslim caliphate there.
The Moors invaded Spain in April 710 with 9,000 t0 10,000 troops. They landed at Jabal Tariq (Gibraltar). The conquest was completed the following year when a second Moorish army of 18,000 joined the invading forces.
By 711 a speculative raiding party of 10,000 soldiers, led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Straits of Gibraltar and defeated the Visigothic army of King Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete.
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GIBRALTAR comes from the Spanish mispronunciation of the Arabic Jabal Tariq (جبل طارق) which means "mountain of Tariq", named for Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Amazigh Muslim conqueror of Spain.
across the sea from Africa to Spain and they landed on a rock called jebel tariq
The Berber army who conquered Spain was led by the Berber military commander Tariq ibn Ziyad from Morocco.
It comes from Arabic "Jabal Tariq" the mountain of Tariq, Tariq ibn-Ziyad who lead his his Berber troops to invade Spain in April 711, later the words was combined in as "Gibraltar" just like many other Arabic words in Spanish.
In 711 AD, Muslim forces, primarily composed of Berber troops from North Africa, invaded the Iberian Peninsula, marking the beginning of the Islamic conquest of Spain. Led by Tariq ibn Ziyad, they crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and achieved a decisive victory at the Battle of Guadalete against the Visigothic king Roderic. This invasion initiated nearly 800 years of Muslim rule in parts of the Iberian Peninsula, significantly influencing the region's culture, architecture, and history.
Tariq Goddard has written: 'The Morning Rides Behind Us' 'Homage to a firing squad' -- subject(s): Assassins, Fiction, History, Spain Civil War, 1936-1939 'Dynamo'
Tariq Nasheed goes by King Flex, and Tariq Elite.
Tariq Goddard's birth name is Tariq John Goddard.