Tag: andalusia

  • Muslim roots in Spanish language & history

    Muslim roots in Spanish language & history

    In the seventh century, Muslim commander Musa ibn Nusayr had just conquered most of North Africa & was tasked with governing the western side of the Arabic-speaking Umayyad dynasty. There was a group of Byzantines in the Iberian peninsula (Spain) called the Visigoths, or specifically the ‘Wizitans’, named after their king who had just died…