{"slug": "musa-ibn-nusayr", "label": "Musa ibn Nusayr", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_ibn_Nusayr", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301261", "qid": "Q301261", "description": "Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [640, 716], "span_label": ["640 CE", "716 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Musa bin Nusayr"], "related": [{"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "berbers", "label": "Berbers", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "andalusia", "label": "Andalusia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "muslim-conquest-of-the-iberian-peninsula", "label": "Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "algeria", "label": "Algeria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tangier", "label": "Tangier", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabs", "label": "Arabs", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 640, "year_label": "640 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Musa ibn Nusayr, Arab general (d. 716)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364750340#Births", "title": "640", "revid": 1364750340, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 700, "year_label": "700 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Musa ibn Nusayr defeats the Berber forces in Algeria, ending resistance against the Arabs (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806781#Arabian_Empire", "title": "700", "revid": 1340806781, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 702, "year_label": "702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Muslim-Arabs under Musa ibn Nusayr conquer Tangier and Sous, taking control of all Morocco (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807070#Arabian_Empire", "title": "702", "revid": 1340807070, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 703, "year_label": "703 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Musa ibn Nusayr, governor of Ifriqiya (western Libya), builds a Muslim fleet to harass the Byzantine navy and conquer the islands of Ibiza, Mallorca, and Menorca (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807078#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "703", "revid": 1340807078, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 705, "year_label": "705 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab general Musa ibn Nusayr conquers the city of Tlemcen in Algeria; once and for all solidifying Al-Maghreb Al-Awsat (Modern-day Algeria), which makes way for the stabilization of the entirety of North Africa a couple years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807090#Arabian_Empire", "title": "705", "revid": 1340807090, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 712, "year_label": "712 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Umayyad conquest of Hispania: From North Africa, Musa ibn Nusayr lands in Iberia (Al-Andalus), with an army of 18,000 Arabs and Berbers. He joins the Islamic conquest and captures the city of Seville (Andalusia), where he meets stiff resistance after 3-months of siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357552155#Arabian_Empire", "title": "712", "revid": 1357552155, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 713, "year_label": "713 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab forces under Musa ibn Nusayr conquer the fortress city of Mérida, located on the borders of Andalusia. It becomes part of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807131#Arabian_Empire", "title": "713", "revid": 1340807131, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Continuing campaigns of Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula. Arab forces raid the valley of the Ebro River, and capture the fortress city of Zaragoza. Musa ibn Nusayr is made protector (wali) of Al-Andalus, with his capital at Seville (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#Arabian_Empire", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Musa ibn Nusayr, Arab general (b. 640)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Deaths", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Deaths"}}]}