The belligerent parties in Andalusia, eventually tiring …
Years: 743 - 743
The belligerent parties in Andalusia, eventually tiring of war, appeal to the Ifriqiyan emir Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi to resolve the matter.
Handhala dispatches his cousin Abu al-Khattar ibn Darar al-Kalbi as the new governor for al-Andalus.
Abu al-Khattar arrives in May 743 and immediately sets about restoring peace in Andalusia, liberating prisoners (Arab and Berber) and figuring a resolution to the displaced Syrian troops.
He decides to distribute the various Syrian junds across Spain, carving out regimental fiefs in hitherto thinly-held areas: …
Locations
People
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri
- Abu l-Hattar al Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbi
- Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
- Obeid Allah ibn al-Habhab al-Mawsili
- Tha'laba ibn Salama al-Amili
- Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri
Groups
- Arab people
- Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
- Moors
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Kharijite
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Syrian people
- Ifriqiya, Ummayad
- Al-Garb Al-Andalus
- al-Andalus (Andalusia), Muslim-ruled
