Charles Morris
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 18 Aug
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Famous monuments graced its towns, the statue of Hercules at Cadith, the idol of Galicia, the stately ruins of the Merida and Tarragona.
It was a realm the conquest of which would bring wealth and fame, great glory to the sons of Allah, and great treasure to the successors of the Prophet.
Musa determined upon its invasion.
A traitor came to his aid.
Count Julian was governor of Ceuta, a Spanish city on the African coast.
His daughter Florinda was maid of honor to the Queen of Don Rodrigue.
But word from the daughter came to the father that she had suffered grievous injury at the hands of the king.
And Count Julian, thirsting for revenge upon Roderick, offered to deliver Seuta into the hands of the Arabian warrior and aid him in the conquest of Spain.
To test the good faith of Julian, Musa demanded that he should first invade Andalusia himself.
This he did, taking over a small force in two vessels, overrunning the coast country, killing many of its people, and returning with a large booty, in slaves and plunder.
In the summer of seven ten a Berber named Tarif was sent over to spy out the land, and in the spring of seven hundred eleven the army of invasion was led over by Tariq Ibn Zayed, a valiant chief who had gained great glory in the wars with the Berber tribes.
Who Tariq was cannot be told, he was of humble origin, probably of Persian birth, but possessed of a daring spirit that was to bring him the highest fame.
He is described as a tall man with red hair and a white complexion, blind of one eye, and with a mole on his hand.
The Spanish historians call him Tariq El Tuerto, meaning either one eyed or squint eyed.
Such was the man whom Musa sent to begin the conquest of Spain.
The army of invasion consisted of seven thousand men, a handful to conquer a kingdom.
They were nearly all Moorish and Berber cavalry, there being only three hundred Arabians of pure blood, most of whom were officers.
Landing in Spain for a time they found no one to meet them.
Roderick was busy with his army in the north and knew naught of this invasion of his kingdom, and for two months Tariq ravaged the land at his will.
But at length the Gothic king, warned of his danger, began a hasty march southward, sending orders in advance to levy troops in all parts of the kingdom, the rallying place being Cordova.
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