The Syrian junds under Balj ibn Bishr …
Years: 742 - 742
The Syrian junds under Balj ibn Bishr cross the straits in early 742 and immediately head to the environs of Medina-Sidonia, where they intercept and dispose of the Berber column aiming for Algeciras.
Locations
People
- Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri
- Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri
- 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
- Miknasa (Zenata Berber tribe)
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Kharijite
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Syrian people
- Ifriqiya, Ummayad
- al-Andalus (Andalusia), Muslim-ruled
- Barghawata Confederacy (Masmuda Berber tribal confederacy)
