Conquest .28711.E2.80.93756.29 Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula

711 – berber force of 7,000 soldiers under berber general tariq ibn ziyad, loyal umayyad emir of damascus, al-walid i, enters iberian peninsula north africa.

at battle of guadalete tariq ibn ziyad defeats king roderic.


712 – muslim governor of northern africa, musa ibn nusayr, follows tariq ibn ziyad army of 18,000 arabs. takes medina-sidonia, seville , mértola.
713 – abd al-aziz ibn musa, musa ibn nusair s son, takes jaén, murcia, granada, sagunto.
714 – first umayyad campaigns in lower ebro valley , southeast part of iberian peninsula.

abd al-aziz ibn musa takes Évora, santarém , coimbra.


715 – abd al-aziz ibn musa left in charge , makes capital city of seville. umayyad caliph sulayman ibn abd al-malik, orders abd al-aziz ibn musa assassinated.
717 – córdoba becomes capital of muslim al-andalus.
718 – pelayo, christian asturian noble , possibly (but not certainly) comrade-in-arms of king rodrigo @ battle of guadalete, leads fight against umayyads in asturian region.
720 – umayyads (arabs) conquer barcelona , narbonne, septimania.
721 – combined force of aquitanians , franks under duke odo of aquitaine defeat umayyad army @ battle of toulouse.
725 – anbasa ibn suhaym al-kalbi raids autun in burgundy, frankish kingdom.
731 – berbers allied of odo of aquitaine rebel in cerdanya, rebellion suppressed.
732 – cordovan army led abdul rahman al ghafiqi defeats aquitanian force under duke odo of aquitaine on garonne next bordeaux.

frankish commander charles martel defeats umayyad army @ battle of tours killing abdul rahman al ghafiqi.


735 – arabs take arles in rhône valley.
739 – berbers revolt in north africa, thereafter expanding iberia.

rebels in north africa defeat syrian force , kill commander kulthum.
revolt drives muslim army out of galicia. galicia joins asturias.


740 – berbers rebel against ethnically exclusive arab umayyad caliphate , refuse support them tax revenues.
741 – 10,000 survivors of kulthum s force arrive in iberia under new leader, talaba ibn salama.
742 – internal conflict in al-andalus continues next 4 years.
755 – abd ar-rahman of umayyad dynasty flees iberia escape abbasids.
756 – abd ar-rahman i defeats yusuf al-fihri outside córdoba.




^ collins, roger (1989). arab conquest of spain 710-797. oxford, uk / cambridge, usa: blackwell. p. 87. isbn 0-631-19405-3.