Arabization or Arabicization is a sociological process of cultural change in which a non-Arab society becomes Arab, meaning it either directly adopts, is forced to accept, or becomes strongly influenc
Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) established Arabic as the sole official language of the Umayyad Caliphate in 686 CE.
Sassanian weaponry, 7th century
Banu Hilal, Emir of Mascara in western Algeria, 1856
Maqāma 21, Maqamat al Harari, 1237
The early Muslim conquests or early Islamic conquests, also known as the Arab conquests, were a series of religious wars initiated by Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, and continued by the early Muslims
Arabization
…term applies not only to cultures, but also to individuals, as they acclimate to Arab culture and become "Arabized". Arabization took place after the Muslim conquest of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as during the more recent Arab nationalist policies toward non-Arabic speaking minorities in modern Arab states, such as Algeria, Iraq, Syria…
Arab cavalry pursue fleeing Byzantines
Bilingual Latin-Arabic dinar minted in Iberia AH 98 (716/7 AD)
Byzantine manuscript illustration showing Greek fire in action