Person
Uqba ibn Nafi
Arab general
Uqba ibn Nafi (also referred to as Oqba ibn Nafi, Uqba bin Nafe, Uqba ibn al Nafia, or Akbah; 622–683) is an Arab general serving the Umayyad dynasty in the Muawiyah and Yazid regimes who initiates the Islamic conquest of the Maghreb, including present-day Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco in North Africa.
He is the nephew of 'Amr ibn al-'As.
Uqba is often surnamed al-Fihri in reference to the Banu Fihri, a clan connected to the Quraysh.
His descendants will be known as the 'Oqbids' or 'Fihrids'.
Uqba is the founder of the city of Kairouan in Tunisia.