Charles Morris
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He ended by depriving him of his command and putting him under arrest, while he sent the caliph a report in which Tariq was sharply blamed, and the merit of his exploits made light of.
He would have gone farther and put him to death, but this he dared not do without the caliph's orders.
As it proved, Al Walid, the commander of the faithful, knew something of the truth.
Far distant as Damascus was from Toledo, a report of Tariq's exploits had reached his august ears, and Musa received orders to replace him in his command, since it would not do to render useless one of the best swords of Islam.
Musa dared not disobey, and thus, for the time being, Tariq triumphed.
And now for the end of the trouble between Musa and Tariq, we must go forward in time.
They were left in Spain until they had completed the conquest of that kingdom, then both were ordered to appear before the caliph's judgment seat.
This they did in different methods.
Tariq, who had no thirst for spoil, made haste, with empty hands, to Damascus, where, though he had no rich presence for the commander of the faithful, he delighted him with the story of his brilliant deeds.
Musa came more slowly and with more ostentation.
Leaving his sons in command in Spain and Africa, he journeyed slowly to Syria with all the display of a triumphal march.
With him were one hundred of his principal officers, as many sons of the highest Berber chiefs, and the kings of the Balearic Islands in all their barbaric state.
In his train rode four hundred captive nobles, each wearing a crown and a girdle of gold, and thirty thousand captives of lower rank.
At intervals in the train were camels and wagons richly laden with gold, jewels, and other spoils.
He brought to the east the novelties of the west, hawks, mules, and barbary horses, and the curious fruits of Africa and Spain.
Treasures, we are told, the like of which no hearer ever heard of before, and no beholder ever saw before his eyes.
Thus the proud conqueror came by slow marches with frequent halts.
He left Spain in august seven thirteen, and
It was february seven fifteen when he reached the vicinity of Damascus, having spent a year and a half on the way.
Meanwhile, changes had taken place in Syria.
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