126
Origins
Mughith,
andMfishimself.
Tarif,
aBerber
nawlaofMfisfi’s,
began
the
conquest
in
90/709
byleading
400 or1,000soldiersto
anislandoff
Spain,
capturing
it.Onehundredofthosetroops
wereonhorseback.111
.Tfiriq
b.
Ziyd
wasthe
great
Muslimheroofthe
conquest
of
Spain.
Heis
variously
said
tohavebeenaBerber,tohave
come
from
S.adaf,
a
village
near
Qayrawan,
ortohavehadan
Iranian
background.
112
Allthesources
agree
onhisbeing
amawlaof
Mfisb.Nus.ayr.
Hecrossedoverinto
Spain
atthe
headof7,000
soldiers
andthen received 5,000 more.
13
His
troops
"were
mostly
Berbersandmawlas,with
only
afew
Arabians.
’’a14
One
account
specifiestwenty-seven
Arabiansin
his
troops
andadds
that
they
went
along
"toteachtheBerbers
aboutthe
Qur’n.
’q15
After
many
victoriesovertheGoths,.Tfiriq
is
reputed
tohave
told his
patron,
Mfisfi:
"This is
yourconquest
forIam
your
mawla."ll
Mughith
wasnotthemawlaofMfisfi
b.
Nus.ayr
butratherof
the
caliph;
his
patron
is
variously
named
ascAbdal-Malik,al-
WafiI,andSulaymfin?
7
Mughith
iscalledaRfimighulfim,
a
Rfimicaptive
ofArabian
origins
anda
mawla,
ls
.Triq
senthim
attheheadof 700 horsemen
andno
infantry
toattackCordova,
whichhe
captured
andlootedwith
great
success,
aa9
Finally
Mfisfib.
Nus.ayr
himselfjoined
theattack,
bringing
withhim hisArabianand
mawlacommandersand
troops?
2
Envious
of
.Tfiriq,
Mfisfi
jailedhim..Tfiriq
askedMughith
totell
Caliph
al-WalidIofhis
plight,offeringMughith
onehundred
111.ABerber
mawlaofMfis’s:NT,1:141,
159.
Conquest:
AM,
p.
6;NT,
1:159.
112.AM,p.6;NT,
1:148,159.
113.AM,p.
7;BM,2:6;NT,1:142.
114.AM,p.
6;NT,1:142,159.
115.
ar-Raqiq,pp.
69-70,74.
116.
ar-Raq,p.
78;FM,p.
207.
117.cAbdal-Malik:
BM,2:9.al-WalidI:FM,p.
207;AM,
p.
10;ar-Risfila,
p.
204;NT,2:8.Sulaymn:
NT,2.8.
- Rfimi:FM,
pp.
207,210.Arabian:
NT,
2:6.
Mawla:BM,
2:9;AM,
p.
10.
119.AM,
p.
10.
120.FM,
p.
207;
NT,l:144;Irnma,2:87.