CHAPTER VI
The Conquest of Ṭanjah [Tangiers]
According to al-Wâḳidi, ʿAbd-al-ʿAzîz ibn-Marwân made Mûsa ibn-Nuṣair,[1] a freedman of the banu-Umaiyah and who came originally from ʿAin at-Tamr (some say he belonged to the clan of Arâshah, a branch of the Bali; others say, to the clan of Lakhm) governor over Ifrîḳiyah. According to others, Mûsa ruled over it in the time of al-Walîd ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik, in the year 89. He reduced Ṭanjah and occupied it, he being the first to occupy and mark it in lots for the Moslems. His horsemen went as far as as-Sûs al-Adna,[2] which was over twenty days' journey from as-Sûs al-Aḳṣa [the farther as-Sûs == modern Morocco]. Thus he subjugated as-Sûs al-Aḳṣa, carrying many captives from the inhabitants and receiving homage. His ʿâmil collected from them ṣadaḳah. Later he assigned Ṭârik ibn-Ziyâd, his freedman, over it [Ṭanjah and environs] and departed to Ḳairawân Ifrîḳiyah.
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