Person:Musa bin Nusayr (1)

Musa bin Nusayr, Governor of North Africa
b.640
Facts and Events
Name Musa bin Nusayr, Governor of North Africa
Alt Name موسى بن نصير‎‎ _____, (Arabic)
Unknown Mūsá bin Nuṣayr _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 640
Marriage to Umn bint Marwan _____
Death[1] 716 Damascus, Syria
Reference Number? Q301261?
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Musa bin Nusayr, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Sep 2016.

    Musa bin Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصير‎‎ Mūsá bin Nuṣayr; 640–716) served as a governor and general under the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I. He ruled over the Muslim provinces of North Africa (Ifriqiya), and directed the Islamic conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania (Spain, Portugal, Andorra and part of France). ...

    Various suggestions have been made as to his ancestry.

    Some say his father belonged to the Lakhmid clan of seminomads who lived east of the Euphrates and were allies of the Sassanians,[1] while others claim he belonged to the Banu Bakr confederation.[2]

    The most detailed account is that of at-Tabari[3] who stated that Musa's father was taken captive after the fall of the Syrian city of Ayn al-Tamr (633). According to this account, he was a Christian, possibly Persian, who was one of a number being held hostage there.

    However, al-Baladhuri, relating the same events,[4] states he was an Arab of the Balī tribe, from Jabal al-Jalīl in Syria.[5] ...