Back طارق بن زياد Arabic Tariq İbn Ziyad AZ Тарик ибн Зияд Bulgarian তারিক বিন জিয়াদ Bengali/Bangla Tariq ibn Ziyad BR Tarik ibn Zijad BS Tàriq ibn Ziyad Catalan تاریق کوڕی زیاد CKB Tárik ibn Zijád Czech Tāriq ibn Ziyād German
Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād طارق بن زياد | |
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 A depiction of Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād (right) and the last Visigothic king, Roderic (left) in the 15th century manuscript Semblanzas de reyes | |
| Born | c. 670 North Africa |
| Died | c. 720 Damascus, Syria |
| Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate |
| Battles / wars | Conquest of Hispania |
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Tariq ibn Ziyad (Arabic: طارق بن زياد Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād; c. 670 – c. 720), also known simply as Tarik in English, was an Umayyad commander who initiated the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain and Portugal) against the Visigothic Kingdom in 711–718 AD. He led an army and crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from the North African coast, consolidating his troops at what is today known as the Rock of Gibraltar. The name "Gibraltar" is the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name Jabal Ṭāriq (جبل طارق), meaning 'mountain of Tariq', which is named after him.