The Syrian junds under Balj ibn Bishr…
742 CE
The Syrian junds under Balj ibn Bishr cross the straits in early 742 and immediately head to the environs of Medina-Sidonia, where they intercept and dispose of the Berber column aiming for Algeciras.
Locations
People
Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri
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Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri
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Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi
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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
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Obeid Allah ibn al-Habhab al-Mawsili
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Tha'laba ibn Salama al-Amili
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Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri
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Groups
Arab people
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Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
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Moors
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Miknasa (Zenata Berber tribe)
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Islam
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Muslims, Sunni
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Muslims, Kharijite
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Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
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Syrian people
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Ifriqiya, Ummayad
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al-Andalus (Andalusia), Muslim-ruled
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Barghawata Confederacy (Masmuda Berber tribal confederacy)
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