The Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates conquered the Byzantine Exarchate of North Africa commencing in 647 and concluding in 709, when the Byzantine Empire lost its last remaining strongholds in the Magh
فتوح المغرب
Ancient ruins of Sufetula
The Arab conqueror and general Uqba Ibn Nafi founded the Great Mosque of Qayrawan (also known as the Mosque of Uqba) - the oldest and most important mosque in North Africa, - in Kairouan, Tunisia, 670 AD.
Statue of Kahina in Baghai
Ceuta
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Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta is one of the special territories of members o
Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
…expense for Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba. With Carthage in Muslim hands, the Byzantine military leadership likely shifted operations temporarily to either Ceuta or Sardinia, while Christian resisters fled throughout Zeugitana, such as Satfura, Mornag and Clypea on Cape Bon. Hassan defeated them at Bizerte and…
Ceuta desde el mirador de Isabel II banner
Museo militar del Desnarigado
Fachada del ayuntamiento
Catedral de Ceuta, Ceuta, España, 2015 12 10, DD 04