Tarif ibn Malik was a Arab yemen commander under Tariq ibn Ziyad, the general who led the conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711. In July 710 CE, Musa bin Nusayr sent Tarif on a reconnaissance raid to test the southern coastline of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Tarif ibn Malik was a Arab yemen commander under Tariq ibn Ziyad, the general who led the conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711. In July 710 CE, Musa bin Nusayr sent Tarif on a reconnaissance raid to test the southern coastline of the Iberian Peninsula. According to legend he was aided by Julian, count of Ceuta, as a guide and emissary.
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Born 650
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