{"slug": "tariq-ibn-ziyad", "label": "Tariq ibn Ziyad", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_ibn_Ziyad", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230497", "qid": "Q230497", "description": "8th-century Muslim general", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [670, 720], "span_label": ["670 CE", "720 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "umayyad-conquest-of-hispania", "label": "Umayyad conquest of Hispania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gibraltar", "label": "Gibraltar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "visigothic-kingdom", "label": "Visigothic Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "early-muslim-conquests", "label": "Early Muslim conquests", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leon-spain", "label": "León, Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "avignon", "label": "Avignon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 670, "year_label": "670 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Tariq ibn Ziyad, Muslim general (d. 720)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634463#Births", "title": "670", "revid": 1367634463, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "An Arab army is invited into Ceuta by its governor, Julian, who is an opponent of Roderick. He encourages them to invade the Iberian Peninsula. Tariq ibn Ziyad is appointed governor of Tangier (Morocco), and establishes a Moorish garrison of 1,700 men.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Europe", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 711, "year_label": "711 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Muslim troops (7,000 men) led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar, and begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (now Spain and Portugal). Tariq begins his Islamic conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom, which during the decade he occupies and brings under Umayyad sovereignty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358403455#Arabian_Empire", "title": "AD 711", "revid": 1358403455, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Tariq ibn Ziyad conquers the cities of Barcelona and Narbonne, where Visigothic nobles accept Umayyad overlordship, in return for autonomy in Septimania (Southern France). Muslims also raid Avignon and Lyon (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": 715, "year_label": "715 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Arabs led by Tariq ibn Ziyad advance from the area La Rioja (modern-day Spain), and conquer the fortress city of León.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661130#Arabian_Empire", "title": "715", "revid": 1367661130, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 720, "year_label": "720 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Tariq ibn Ziyad, Muslim general (b. 670)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349994139#Deaths", "title": "720", "revid": 1349994139, "section": "Deaths"}}]}