The belligerent parties in Andalusia, eventually tiring…

743 CE

The belligerent parties in Andalusia, eventually tiring of war, appeal to the Ifriqiyan emir Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi to resolve the matter.

Handhala dispatches his cousin Abu al-Khattar ibn Darar al-Kalbi as the new governor for al-Andalus.

Abu al-Khattar arrives in May 743 and immediately sets about restoring peace in Andalusia, liberating prisoners (Arab and Berber) and figuring a resolution to the displaced Syrian troops.

He decides to distribute the various Syrian junds across Spain, carving out regimental fiefs in hitherto thinly-held areas: …

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Seville > Sevilla Andalucia Spain View →

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri View → Abu l-Hattar al Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbi View → Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi View → Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik View → Obeid Allah ibn al-Habhab al-Mawsili View → Tha'laba ibn Salama al-Amili View → Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri View →

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Arab people View → Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Moors View → Islam View → Muslims, Sunni View → Muslims, Kharijite View → Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus) View → Syrian people View → Ifriqiya, Ummayad View → Al-Garb Al-Andalus View → al-Andalus (Andalusia), Muslim-ruled View →

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Migration Period Pessimum View → Berber Revolt View →

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