Person
Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri
Syrian Arab military commander in North Africa and Iberia, and briefly ruler of al-Andalus
b. 700 CE – d. 742 CE
World The Middle of The Earth
Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri (sometime surnamed al-Qasi) (?
– August 742); is a Syrian Arab military commander in North Africa and Iberia, and briefly ruler of al-Andalus in 742.
People
- Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri
- Alfonso I of Asturias
- Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri
- Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
- Moors
- Galicia, Kingdom of
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Cite this entry
Moran, J. (2017). Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri. History Atlas. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/balj-ibn-bishr-al-qushayri/
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